M ilton friedman used to joke that nothing is so permanent as a temporary government programme. So it nearly was with America’s moratorium on student-loan payments. The debt-relief scheme—which suspended payments, interest charges and collections on more than $1trn in federal student loans—was passed by Congress in the early days of the pandemic. Although meant to expire after just six months, it proved popular with voters and was extended eight times, despite a price tag of $5bn a month. Now the programme may at last be ending for good. The debt-ceiling deal negotiated by President Joe Biden and the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, would resume student-loan payments on August 30th, without the possibility of an extension.
M Ilton Friedman曾经开玩笑说，没有什么比临时政府计划那样永久了。因此，美国关于学生贷款付款的暂停几乎是。债务辩论计划（暂停了超过1亿美元的联邦学生贷款的付款，利息和收款），国会在大流行的早期就通过了。尽管只需在短短六个月后到期，但它在选民中很受欢迎，尽管价格为每月50亿美元，但仍延长了八次。现在，该程序最终可能会永远结束。乔·拜登（Joe Biden）总统和众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡（Kevin McCarthy）谈判的债务款项协议将于8月30日恢复学生贷款，而无需进行延长。
