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More than 7.5 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government's newest repayment plan since it launched in August.
President Joe Biden recently announced � that he was canceling ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Mar 23, 2024 at 11:55 AM PDT
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This will be short and sweet (with a strong dose of speculation)... Question fo real-estate lawyers and lenders: It has been reported that a lot of Trump’s real-estate holdings have mortgages on them, and such loan agreements typically come with a...
by Doc Savage
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on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 05:22 PM PST
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President Joe Biden’s recent effort to cancel $20,000 in student loan debt—which has since been stifled by lawsuits by Republicans in various states—is now moving to the Supreme Court, with a ...
by christinelarusso
71 comments
on Fri Jan 27, 2023 at 05:30 AM PST
with 90 Recommends
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It never ceases to amaze me how people on the center-right routinely are in favor of all manner of tax cuts for the rich, but the moment that the rest of the population is poised to get even a sliver of the economic pie, they start whining about why it...
by HOGvol
73 comments
on Thu Aug 25, 2022 at 11:13 AM PDT
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his plan to relieve some of the student debt causing a trillion-dollar economic crisis for tens of millions of Americans—mostly the young, women, and people of color. The plan calls for canceling up to...
by Walter Einenkel
449 comments
on Thu Aug 25, 2022 at 01:50 PM PDT
with 450 Recommends
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The US Constitution was written so that each branch of the federal government would be a check on the other branches. The president can be impeached by the US House of Representatives and convicted by the US Senate. The president can veto bills written...
by Dem
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on Sun May 15, 2022 at 06:46 AM PDT
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President Donald Trump continues to win at one thing: He’s the king of the infamous shell game. Try if you dare to wager on where he’s hidden the shell, or in this case, his money. At the center of the latest of Trump’s short-cons is his Washington...
by Rebekah Sager
145 comments
on Fri Oct 08, 2021 at 10:57 AM PDT
with 238 Recommends
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As someone with student debt—in spite of being lucky enough to work full-time, including during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic—I know firsthand how many barriers come when you’re paying back not only a loan but a loan with a considerably high...
by Marissa Higgins
101 comments
on Wed Sep 22, 2021 at 02:36 PM PDT
with 118 Recommends
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In today’s age, student debt is a serious burden for many who attended any level of higher education. While stereotypes about student debt tend to center around long years of schooling, like medical school or law school, people finish school with debt...
by Marissa Higgins
29 comments
on Mon Aug 02, 2021 at 02:39 PM PDT
with 54 Recommends
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Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been ordered to sit for a three-hour deposition for lawyers handling a class-action lawsuit. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of around 160,000 student loan borrowers, came from the students defrauded by...
by Walter Einenkel
224 comments
on Thu May 20, 2021 at 09:34 AM PDT
with 433 Recommends
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While I believe the president should just forgive student loan debt entirely that seems to be rather controversial. What I think can be a small step in the right direction is to forgive the interest on student loan debt. The government should not...
by BadgerKing
7 comments
on Mon Apr 26, 2021 at 11:03 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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The student debt crisis�is an enormous anchor on the future of our country. Besides the predatory nature of modern student loans�and the extraordinary financial burden they�have�put on Americans ...
by Walter Einenkel
34 comments
on Tue Mar 09, 2021 at 01:20 PM PST
with 32 Recommends
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News that I missed over the course of the election and aftermath, was this stinger from Reuters (looks like pressure from Senator Warren did some good). And notice, this article was published BEFORE Trump lost the election. Boy, it feels...
by AlyoshaKaramazov
55 comments
on Mon Nov 09, 2020 at 02:24 PM PST
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As the country continues to face the novel coronavirus pandemic, people are understandably worried about their health and minimizing contact with others. While shuttering restaurants is certainly best for slowing the spread of the virus, closing...
by Marissa Higgins
76 comments
on Mon Apr 20, 2020 at 09:20 AM PDT
with 107 Recommends
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Here we are, Easter Sunday, in the middle, or worse, the beginning, of a horrible pandemic, and me a devout atheist. This is the time I choose to write my first diary. I’ve been here a long time. Over the years I’ve stopped reading the local paper,...
by Blue Banger
53 comments
on Sun Apr 12, 2020 at 07:05 AM PDT
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Written by Arnie J Olsen All of the talk about providing loans to businesses to help them get through the Covid-19 crisis is totally missing the point, and shows how out of touch Washington is with the actual needs and daily lives of small business...
by ArnieO
11 comments
on Mon Mar 23, 2020 at 12:17 PM PDT
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I swear the Republicans sit around at night and try to figure out how to hurt Americans, especially those of us least equipped to fight back, the poorest, the disabled, the elderly, the sick. Damn them. It’s bad enough they are trying to ram through a...
by Colorado Blue
15 comments
on Mon Mar 23, 2020 at 09:46 AM PDT
with 29 Recommends
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Student Loan Debt in the US has become an Economic Emergency It seems like so many years ago that I was first told that a college degree would be important, nay, imperative to my success. Before I knew it, I was attending a local university. Without a...
by sordidslacktivist
81 comments
on Sun Mar 01, 2020 at 07:53 PM PST
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Vermont Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders just released a plan that would cancel approximately $81 billion nationwide in overdue medical bills. Given that Sanders is an enormous advocate of Medicare for All, it’s not too surprising...
by Marissa Higgins
48 comments
on Sat Sep 21, 2019 at 09:57 AM PDT
with 88 Recommends
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Billionaire Robert F. Smith made headlines earlier this summer when he announced that, along with a $1.5 million class gift to Morehouse College, he would be covering the costs of the graduating class’ student debt. Paying off the student loans of...
by Walter Einenkel
65 comments
on Fri Sep 20, 2019 at 03:00 PM PDT
with 162 Recommends
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