I predict that eventually the student loan issue will result in loans being written off. It could happen in stages. For example, they could first change bankruptcy laws so that student loans can be discharged in bankruptcy. Then, decisions could be made for loan repayments to be limited to a small percentage of their income, with the rest being written off.
When people such as that Ocasio-Cortez woman get in positions of power, a mindset that these poor students shouldn’t have to repay, will result in policy decisions which wipe out their loan debt.
If the degrees being handed out were worth the paper they are printed on this wouldn’t be an issue. If it is a good investment, you would have the income as a result of the degree to pay the loans.
Technically when the debt is extinguished the remainder is put on the government. IMO the gov,who is you and me, should clawback the tuitions paid for degrees which never supported repayment.