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All Education Matters: President Obama Talks About His Own Student Loan Debt

All Education Matters: President Obama Talks About His Own Student Loan Debt

President Obama Talks About His Own Student Loan Debt

President Obama has tried to woo younger voters about sharing stories about having his own student loan debt, and paying it off.

Recently, he opened up about his student loan debt. He and his wife had $125,000 in student loan debt after they both graduated from Harvard. He said, "it took us 10 years to pay it off," and added, "we were lucky, because we had gone to good law schools, and we knew that we could earn it. It was still a good investment."

Hmmm . . . really? Because I have heard that people who graduate from Harvard Law now aren't doing so well,