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The Hidden Trap of Income Based Repayment

Higher Education Bubble

It sounds like a great deal . . . until you get the tax bill.

In 2007, the Bush administration pioneered a new approach to student loan debt: income-based repayment. The idea was that you'd pay some fraction of your income every year for 25 years, and then any balances would be forgiven .

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