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You can’t beat death or taxes. But you can avoid having to pay off federal student loans — if the borrower kicks the bucket, according to the New York Times.
The Gray Lady gave the morbid advice on the heels of Friday’s Supreme Court decision striking down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
In a financial advice column titled “Ways You Can Still Cancel Your Federal Student Loan Debt,” writer Ron Lieber lists “plenty of ways to get your student debt wiped away.”
Under a subheading titled “Death,” Lieber wrote: “If you’re a young adult wondering about the federal PLUS loans your relatives took out to pay for your education, you may be wondering whether the debt dies with the person or people who take it on.
