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2022-08-24 17:35:48 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The "richest 40% of Americans" represents households with annual income over $74,000. For context, the median income of middle class households was $90,131 in 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/10/09/who-owes-the-most-in-student-loans-new-data-from-the-fed/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/ Almost 40% of people with student loans do not graduate and are disproportionally lower income. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/millions-of-student-loan-borrowers-dont-have-a-diploma-to-show-for-it.html

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• The "richest 40% of Americans" represents households with annual income over $74,000. For context, the median income of middle class households was $90,131 in 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/10/09/who-owes-the-most-in-student-loans-new-data-from-the-fed/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/04/20/how-the-american-middle-class-has-changed-in-the-past-five-decades/ Almost 40% of people with student loans do not graduate and are disproportionally lower income. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/millions-of-student-loan-borrowers-dont-have-a-diploma-to-show-for-it.html