A body of research shows student debt is holding back small business creation. "I do plead guilty to being a policy wonk," Clinton said to laughter from a crowd of mostly young tech entrepreneurs. People can already defer their payments or pay nothing under income-based repayment plans, said Jason Delisle, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank. Delisle also finds Clinton’s debt forgiveness plan for entrepreneurs puzzling at a time when the Obama administration has been dialing back its existing forgiveness plans. But here you have Clinton driving right by that, saying no, what we need is more,” Delisle said.

Source: Washington Post June 28, 2016 17:34 UTC