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#studentdebt

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If you don't even talk about principal vs. interest, you shouldn't be talking about whether the "loan" still needs to be paid back. If you don't know what the interest rate is, you don't know if a loan is predatory.

But hey.

(DOE) U.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections, Other Actions to Help Borrowers Get Back into Repayment
Collections to Restart May 5th, Struggling Borrowers Urged to Act Now #studentloan #studentdebt

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U.S. Department of EducationU.S. Department of Education to Begin Federal Student Loan Collections, Other Actions to Help Borrowers Get Back into RepaymentThe U.S. Department of Education announced its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) will resume collections of its defaulted federal student loan portfolio on Monday, May 5th. The Department has not collected on defaulted loans since March 2020.

#TheGreens agenda #auspol #ausvotes

Make #housing #affordable for #renters, first home buyers and stressed mortgage holders.

#Dental and #mental #health into #Medicare for everyone.

Real action on the #climatecrisis, with no more coal and gas.

Bring down the cost of living and make #supermarket #pricegouging illegal.

End #nativeforest #logging and protect our #environment.

Make #TAFE and #university #free, and wipe all #studentdebt.

Introduce 50-cent #publictransport fares nationwide.

Provide free #publicschools and #childcare

Deliver truth, #treaty, and justice for #FirstNations people.

Make big corporations and fossil fuel giants pay their fair share.

"We just got wind of Republicans' higher education bill text for reconciliation. We skimmed it. It's the most dangerous Higher-Ed bill in history.

It strips the Dept of Ed of virtually every authority to CXL student debt. Eliminates every repayment program. Abolishes subsidized loans."
-Debt Collective

"The judge compared the administration’s dismantling of the agency to when his kids ‘would throw a party at the house.'"

#ED #StudentLoans #StudentDebt #Fascism #USPol
edweek.org/policy-politics/jud

The U.S. Department of Education in Washington pictured on Friday, March 28, 2025, during a rally to support departing employees.
Education Week · Judge Casts Doubt on Trump’s Authority to Gut Education Dept. StaffTwenty-one states and a coalition of unions and school districts are challenging the president’s dismantling of the Education Department.