Proponents of student debt forgiveness say it would free student debtors to spend money on other items, such as housing, which would contribute to the economy and improve their quality of life.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

A debtor of my debtor is not a debtor of mine.

Borrower Kevin J. Rosenberg, 46, of Beacon, N.Y., asked the court to forgive his student debt because repaying the loans was impossible and created an undue hardship, the legal test of whether a debtor should be forgiven.

Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.

Critics of loan forgiveness, such as borrowers who have paid their loans, argue that student loan debtors should repay the money and fulfill their financial obligations.

That man is a heavy debtor.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Our Father that is in heaven, hallowed be your name; your kingdom come; your will be done, in earth as in heaven. Give to us this day our bread over other substance, and forgive to us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.