“42% of student loan borrowers say bills make it harder to cover basic needs such as food, survey finds”
January 5, 2026
“More than a third of student loan borrowers say it’s more challenging to meet health-care expenses because of their education debt, and 52% of respondents say they’ve saved less for retirement, new research finds.
The findings come amid rising concerns that more people can’t afford their student loan payments.
“Highly educated individuals are budgeting in ways they never imagined just to survive,” said Carolina Rodriguez, director of the Education Debt Consumer Assistance Program in New York…”
If college students are so smart why did they take out a loan they cant afford? College is a scam and as you can see above these are the victims that are being crushed. It turns you into a debt slave.