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  1. “We are at a critical crossroads in our country where the actions of our policymakers are leaving an entire generation of Americans worse off than their parents’ generation, and student debt is a key factor in that reality,” Aissa Canchola Bañez, policy director at Protect Borrowers, told DAME ..."
    #StudentLoans
    damemagazine.com/2026/09/02/fi

  2. Older #StudentLoan borrowers are at risk of losing a chunk of their #SocialSecurity. There's a new bill to prevent that.

    Story by Ayelet Sheffey, August 17, 2026

    "Student-loan borrowers could lose their Social Security checks if they fall behind on their loan payments. Democratic lawmakers want to put an end to that practice.

    "On Monday, Sens. #BernieSanders, #ElizabethWarren, and #EdMarkey introduced a bill to prevent older student-loan borrowers and borrowers with disabilities from facing Social Security garnishment if they default on their payments.

    "A fact sheet of the legislation reviewed by Business Insider said that the bill would prohibit the Treasury from seizing Social Security payments, including Social Security Disability Insurance, and protect those borrowers from 'unnecessary forced collections.'

    "Sanders said in a statement that 'in the richest country in the history of the world, no senior should have their Social Security payments taken away from them to pay back student debt.'

    " 'This is especially true when seniors throughout the country already cannot afford the skyrocketing price of healthcare, prescription drugs, groceries and housing,' Sanders said. "Congress must pass this legislation.'

    "The legislation comes as student-loan defaults are at a record high. Over 9 million borrowers were in default as of March, according to the latest Education Department data, which happens when a borrower has missed payments for 270 days.

    "The New York Federal Reserve's latest household debt report showed that student-loan delinquencies stood at 10.6% in the second quarter of 2026 — up from 10.3% in the first quarter. Pre-pandemic delinquency rates were around 11%, and researchers said the latest data showed that delinquency is stabilizing. Yet researchers said that number could rise again due to the elimination of the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan, which gave borrowers affordable payments and a shorter timeline to debt relief."

    Read more:
    msn.com/en-us/news/other/older?

    #SAVEPlan #StudentLoans #USPol #TrumpSucks #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  3. RE: thelounge.network/@LogicalApex

    indentured servitude is #slavery by #debt. #healthCare tied to #employment is an engineered debt.

    the usa health care by employment is a form of indentured servitude. in other words:

    EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS A FORM OF DEBT SLAVERY.

    doubly so if you have debt by #studentLoans.

    #PuertoRico outlawed debt slavery because post-slavery plantation workers were locked into their jobs by debt ―always to the plantation owner― they couldn’t retire in bankruptcy.

    like today's student loans.

  4. CW: NZPol Solar vs Student loans

    "Here it is: tomorrow morning, the government cancels the student loan book. Every balance, zeroed. The Crown writes off $16.2 billion of assets against its own accounts, net debt ticks up accordingly, and 622,892 people wake up owing nothing.

    Now the question that matters. What, in the real economy, just happened?"

    #NZPol #StudentLoans #Economy

    andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p

  5. bulshit new student loan rules start in 2 days?

    If you are behind on payments, you may qualify for an Unemployment Deferment or an Economic Hardship Deferment, but be warned: These programs are being eliminated for loans initiated on or after July 1, 2027. Forbearance will be limited to a maximum of nine months every two years for loans funded on or after July 1, 2027.  Source: Student loan overhaul starts July 1: What borrowers should know

    tacobout.online/2026/06/29/bul

  6. CW: NZ - student loan border arrest

    In the past ten years, just 13 people have been arrested at the NZ border for student loan debts. Here's the story of unlucky number thirteen, a doctor who's worked in Australia for the last thirty years.

    It's also a cautionary tale of how 5.6% interest and a further 9.6% in penalties on arrears can transform a once modest debt into a millstone.

    stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360997679/

    #NZ #StudentLoans

  7. A while back I posted that #Trump is trying to drastically cut back #StudentLoans for those studying for careers in #HealthCare. The #Senate is expected to vote THIS WEEK on a resolution to block this terrible rule. If you haven't written to your representatives, now is the time. defendpublichealth.org/campaig

    #USPol

  8. That includes the youth who often start with negative worth due to .

    Your highest is achieved in your 60s as you approach your . The are gone. The median is now $ 410 K. Your stack has slightly more than doubled in height to 45 cm.

    At this rate, when will you become a ? It will take ~ 108 million years! The perished only 65 million years ago, you dolt!

    src: wealthvieu.com/personal-financ

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  9. The #TrumpAdministration wants to drastically cut #StudentLoans for #HealthCare. This won't just harm students, it will devastate communities already seriously short of healthcare providers. Congress can stop it if they hear from you!
    defendpublichealth.org/campaig

  10. What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

    By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
    Updated 8:21 PM EDT, May 13, 2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — "#Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of #TaxBreaks, #SpendingCuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.

    "House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled 'THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' a nod to Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to approve the package and send it to the Senate by Memorial Day.

    "Democrats say they will fight what House party leader #HakeemJeffries calls 'this extreme and toxic bill.' "
    apnews.com/article/trump-tax-c

    #BigUglyBill #Environment #Ethics #StudentLoans #Medicaid #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #CorporatePolluters #AirIsLife
    #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife
    #MAGADeathCult #TrumpHatesTheEnvironment
    #TrumpHatesThePoor
    #AntiLife #Greenpeace
    #Indivisible #FreePalestine
    #CREW #PeaceAndJustice
    #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #SilencingDissent
    #USPol #HR9495 #StopHR9495
    #TaxPackage #Authoritarianism
    #AuthoritarianRule
    #FightForTheFuture
    #Section112209

  11. Superman and the rainbow 🌈 Gem.
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    Could’ve also been titled, Superman and crushing student loans .
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    Superman cover from 1957
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    #Superman #Dragon #StudentLoans #CripplingDebt #Comicbooks #comicbook #comicbookcover #Retro #Vintage

  12. Called the #DepEd today about my #studentloans again, and the person I talked to "helpfully" transferred me to a message saying the office was now closed 🤦‍♂️ . They apparently close at 6PM Eastern time on Friday (it's only 3PM in California) and I had called just before then, so this was a convenient way for me to be someone else's problem for another day for whoever answered. This is so utterly exhausting.