Almost $3b is 0.17% of US student debt. With an average effective interest rate of 5.8%, the debt will grow by another $10b or thereabouts just by the end of this year.
and it was only for people that had federal loans for schools that defrauded their students. All those poor souls that were convinced to take out private loans are well and truly fucked.
They could start work to abolish that at any time too, but it’s much better strategy to get wiped out in the midterms and then blame obstructionists, don’t you know.
the problem being once it’s eliminated then when it swings the gop’s way again they’ll go even more hog wild at filling their pockets and gutting agencies than they did this last time
What if… and stay with me on this… the Democrats got really popular by doing things like governing and making ordinary peoples’ lives materially better? Have they tried that?
you mean doing things like lifting them from debt? or making healthcare readily available and free? paying for education so people can get it without going broke? . . . have you heard of bernie sanders? the candidate true democrats wanted
Almost $3b is 0.17% of US student debt. With an average effective interest rate of 5.8%, the debt will grow by another $10b or thereabouts just by the end of this year.
This is nothing. Literally less than nothing.
and it was only for people that had federal loans for schools that defrauded their students. All those poor souls that were convinced to take out private loans are well and truly fucked.
yet it will still make a difference in those people’s lives and is still quite a bit more than the NOTHING that republicans want to do
If only the Democrats had complete control of the White House, Senate and Congress and could make an actual difference any time they wanted…!
One can dream…
“complete control” XD
Someone has never heard of the filibuster.
They could start work to abolish that at any time too, but it’s much better strategy to get wiped out in the midterms and then blame obstructionists, don’t you know.
the problem being once it’s eliminated then when it swings the gop’s way again they’ll go even more hog wild at filling their pockets and gutting agencies than they did this last time
What if… and stay with me on this… the Democrats got really popular by doing things like governing and making ordinary peoples’ lives materially better? Have they tried that?
you mean doing things like lifting them from debt? or making healthcare readily available and free? paying for education so people can get it without going broke? . . . have you heard of bernie sanders? the candidate true democrats wanted
Yes, doing these fine things you mention. Not tweeting about them, then saying “Now is not the time…!”.