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On the recordJune 24, 2014
An income-based repayment plan shares the risk. It means if you are unlucky on the other side, if you happen to enter during a recession, that it will not--that there is something about that contract that still gets upheld.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley advocates for income-based repayment plans to protect students from economic downturns.

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