if the goal is economic growth you don’t squeeze the group with the least spending power right now
Beantown-Jack on
Eight million more voters with a great reason to get their asses out to vote next November.
Every day, Republicans will add more people to the list of those whose lives have been made worse by Republican actions. In the end, it will be the 1% vs. everyone else because the 1% are the only ones who benefit from Republican autocracy. Everyone else suffers…
m1j2p3 on
I wonder how many people with student debt voted for the orange clown.
WinkSpellbound on
forcing repayment without addressing why tuition exploded or wages stagnated just punishes the poor for surviving
Avid_Reader87 on
My girlfriend is on the SAVE plan and currently doesn’t work to take care of our daughter.
She’s been on something like that income permanent in this for the last seven years because she’s never been able to get a job on her field.
Are they trying to get her to pay the full amount? It would be something like a 500 or $600 a month there’s no way we can afford that.
Enlil_Send_The_Flood on
I own literally zero assets and no money. Suck my dhick
aeropl3b on
It is like they asked the question, if Tariff uncertainty wasn’t enough to tank the economy, how else can we stifle people’s ability to engage in the market and drive the economy down.
t5carrier on
I’ve put my ten years in with a non-profit. I’ve been waiting over a year to hear back about my PSLF forgiveness. I wouldn’t expect anything else when you have a wrestling executive running the dept of education.
sidjohn1 on
Didn’t Gen Z men… by and large vote for Trump? I do love how their support wains when it actually impacts them. Welcome to the FO of FAFO.
Dangerous-Feed-5358 on
Trump is like King John in the Disney cartoon version of robinhood. Squeezing taxes and sniveling and sucking his thumb.
move-it-along on
That should equal 8 million votes for Democrats next year ( it won’t, but it should).
ChaseThoseDreams on
I’m sure this will be great for an already sinking economy that is only propped up by an AI bubble.
FlakyTasha on
Not again, Trump’s attacks on institutions weaken us all. Defend democracy!
Routine_Flounder7349 on
They can force me but doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. They eliminated my repayment program and my payment went to $1400/month. Lol that’s another mortgage payment and def the last thing that will get paid
CharlesIngalls_Pubes on
Seems now like everyone else has to pay for everything, but if Trump is told to pay something, it’s because of a “witch hunt”.
alu5421 on
GOP gets people to vote against their own interest. Hopefully someday people will realize that
No_Milk398 on
Why was simply only paying principal never an option? That should have been the plan from the start. Eliminate interest but still pay back principal.
HarryStylesAMA on
Every time I turn around somebody wants another 50/month from me. I’m already tapped, guys!
mstpguy on
Elections have consequences.
MAGA == Higher prices, higher taxes, fewer jobs, bailouts for his buddies in agribusiness.
Nothing for you except measles.
Beave1 on
If 10% more of them has voted against this we’d have a different outcome. Statistically, less than 1/3 of the 8M voted for Kamala. If you voted blue and are affected, I’m sorry. If you voted for Trump and MAGA or we’re too stupid and lazy to vote. Too bad. So sad. Thoughts and prayers.
Oceanbreeze871 on
There’s 8 million people who will never vote Republican
Soulshiner402 on
But let’s give farmers socialism when they are already subsidized.
BigBoyYuyuh on
I hope my old friend is one of them. She voted for this. Don’t talk to her anymore.
Panro911 on
So GOP does nothing but make life worse for millions of Americans. Again.
PuddingTea on
If you don’t like this, you need to deal with the GOP. The way to do that is by voting for the democrats on your ballot, not cosplaying revolutionary on Bluesky.
oldcreaker on
At the same time health insurance costs will be exploding for many of them.
Drakkarim411 on
Student loans, from what I can see, will be a leading factor in the death of the American middle class. We forced millions of people away from 1-2 year trade schools with the lie ‘you need a degree to be successful’, buried them in debt and then forced them into lower paying jobs while inflating the economy to a point that only the richest can thrive. I’m 48 years old and still paying monthly for loans I took out in the 90’s. I expect those loans to only go away once I die.
Slash_rage on
Good luck getting blood from this stone.
OMyGaard on
Wife has been trying to buy back 6 months for PSLF. Shes been waiting 7 months with apparently a waitlist of 70k people. They claim its still being processed but im fully convinced no one is processing PSLF forgiveness at this point. SO now we have to pay 1400 a month. First payment was pulled yesterday, 2 weeks before Christmas. Im so thankful I had my PSLF processed during Bidens admin. Feel like we are fucked until/IF we ger a dem president.
yoy22 on
“If you take a loan you should pay it back”
“How come ppp loans were forgiven”
“They were designed to be forgiven!”
Ignoring student loans have forgiveness mechanisms as well.
Guess the poor have to pay so the rich can play.
DM725 on
A lot of young people and millennials are about to stop spending a lot of money to stimulate the economy.
Agreeable-Ad3644 on
This is why we need College courses on Rebellion.
highsinthe70s on
Trump knows he can do this. He and his base hate educated people, and any pain that Trump can inflict on them will get a thumbs-up from his supporters.
Meanwhile, his beloved farmers get a multi-billion bailout.
blehbleh1122 on
Under the new repayment plan (after they killed save) my payments went from an affordable $90/ month to now about $400 under trump’s plan. I also have to file separate from my wife for taxes, or else they count her income which is ridiculous. I want to play back my loans, but make payments affordable. He wants to get the economy going, what does he think will happen to consume spending when 8 million people can’t afford groceries, let alone recreational spending? Republicans voted in the dumbest possible people.
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Man good luck getting blood from a stone
if the goal is economic growth you don’t squeeze the group with the least spending power right now
Eight million more voters with a great reason to get their asses out to vote next November.
Every day, Republicans will add more people to the list of those whose lives have been made worse by Republican actions. In the end, it will be the 1% vs. everyone else because the 1% are the only ones who benefit from Republican autocracy. Everyone else suffers…
I wonder how many people with student debt voted for the orange clown.
forcing repayment without addressing why tuition exploded or wages stagnated just punishes the poor for surviving
My girlfriend is on the SAVE plan and currently doesn’t work to take care of our daughter.
She’s been on something like that income permanent in this for the last seven years because she’s never been able to get a job on her field.
Are they trying to get her to pay the full amount? It would be something like a 500 or $600 a month there’s no way we can afford that.
I own literally zero assets and no money. Suck my dhick
It is like they asked the question, if Tariff uncertainty wasn’t enough to tank the economy, how else can we stifle people’s ability to engage in the market and drive the economy down.
I’ve put my ten years in with a non-profit. I’ve been waiting over a year to hear back about my PSLF forgiveness. I wouldn’t expect anything else when you have a wrestling executive running the dept of education.
Didn’t Gen Z men… by and large vote for Trump? I do love how their support wains when it actually impacts them. Welcome to the FO of FAFO.
Trump is like King John in the Disney cartoon version of robinhood. Squeezing taxes and sniveling and sucking his thumb.
That should equal 8 million votes for Democrats next year ( it won’t, but it should).
I’m sure this will be great for an already sinking economy that is only propped up by an AI bubble.
Not again, Trump’s attacks on institutions weaken us all. Defend democracy!
They can force me but doesn’t mean I’m going to do it. They eliminated my repayment program and my payment went to $1400/month. Lol that’s another mortgage payment and def the last thing that will get paid
Seems now like everyone else has to pay for everything, but if Trump is told to pay something, it’s because of a “witch hunt”.
GOP gets people to vote against their own interest. Hopefully someday people will realize that
Why was simply only paying principal never an option? That should have been the plan from the start. Eliminate interest but still pay back principal.
Every time I turn around somebody wants another 50/month from me. I’m already tapped, guys!
Elections have consequences.
MAGA == Higher prices, higher taxes, fewer jobs, bailouts for his buddies in agribusiness.
Nothing for you except measles.
If 10% more of them has voted against this we’d have a different outcome. Statistically, less than 1/3 of the 8M voted for Kamala. If you voted blue and are affected, I’m sorry. If you voted for Trump and MAGA or we’re too stupid and lazy to vote. Too bad. So sad. Thoughts and prayers.
There’s 8 million people who will never vote Republican
But let’s give farmers socialism when they are already subsidized.
I hope my old friend is one of them. She voted for this. Don’t talk to her anymore.
So GOP does nothing but make life worse for millions of Americans. Again.
If you don’t like this, you need to deal with the GOP. The way to do that is by voting for the democrats on your ballot, not cosplaying revolutionary on Bluesky.
At the same time health insurance costs will be exploding for many of them.
Student loans, from what I can see, will be a leading factor in the death of the American middle class. We forced millions of people away from 1-2 year trade schools with the lie ‘you need a degree to be successful’, buried them in debt and then forced them into lower paying jobs while inflating the economy to a point that only the richest can thrive. I’m 48 years old and still paying monthly for loans I took out in the 90’s. I expect those loans to only go away once I die.
Good luck getting blood from this stone.
Wife has been trying to buy back 6 months for PSLF. Shes been waiting 7 months with apparently a waitlist of 70k people. They claim its still being processed but im fully convinced no one is processing PSLF forgiveness at this point. SO now we have to pay 1400 a month. First payment was pulled yesterday, 2 weeks before Christmas. Im so thankful I had my PSLF processed during Bidens admin. Feel like we are fucked until/IF we ger a dem president.
“If you take a loan you should pay it back”
“How come ppp loans were forgiven”
“They were designed to be forgiven!”
Ignoring student loans have forgiveness mechanisms as well.
Guess the poor have to pay so the rich can play.
A lot of young people and millennials are about to stop spending a lot of money to stimulate the economy.
This is why we need College courses on Rebellion.
Trump knows he can do this. He and his base hate educated people, and any pain that Trump can inflict on them will get a thumbs-up from his supporters.
Meanwhile, his beloved farmers get a multi-billion bailout.
Under the new repayment plan (after they killed save) my payments went from an affordable $90/ month to now about $400 under trump’s plan. I also have to file separate from my wife for taxes, or else they count her income which is ridiculous. I want to play back my loans, but make payments affordable. He wants to get the economy going, what does he think will happen to consume spending when 8 million people can’t afford groceries, let alone recreational spending? Republicans voted in the dumbest possible people.