Republicans Block Passage of Bill Allowing Refinance of Student Loans (Afro Reports)

Afro ^ | June 14, 2016 | Zenitha Prince

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No mention on the Afro of Iraq or our borders, but this is championed as the lead story.

[Graewoulf]

Privatize the Federal Student Loan Give-Away Program.

[icwhatudo]

So people that actually produce wealth and jobs should turn over more of their money to the governmant in order to allow the college industrial complex to charge 3x what it used to in education kids. These morons signed the deal...let them pay it off on the terms they agreed to.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The millionaires and billionaires are responsible for how many of the jobs in this land? Oh, but let’s not get confused by the facts.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yup, follies.

[Iron Munro]

Another Brilliant Big Gov Idea

Extort tax money from working people, many of whom could not afford college themselves, to finance liberal colleges via Big Gov subsidized student tuition.

[freeangel]

$2000 over the life of the loan? Man, that’ll really cut into those welfare/disability checks.

[ScottinVA]

“Today is a really good day for billionaires those who actually produce wealth and jobs,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

There you go, Lie-a-watha. Fixed it for ya. You're welcome.

[PapaBear3625]

Make student loans dischargable in bankruptcy.

Make the colleges co-signers to the loans. If they graduate somebody who can't get a job with the education they gave them, the college eats the loan.

This will make colleges more selective about who they admit, and shut down majors with a poor record of producing employability.

[bicyclerepair]

HMM, I never got a job from no poor person !

[SkyDancer]

These kids need their degrees in Classical Studies and 12th. century Tibetan poetry. The better too be educated greeters at WalMart.

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--“Today is a really good day for billionaires,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Wise words from a multimillionaire who's net worth is somewhere north of $14M. Nice pile of wampum, there, Liawatha!

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True that.

[Right Brother]

For the millions of Americans encumbered with college debt,

Yeah, let's be all concerned about Americans having to pay for a loan they voluntarily took out, but not worry about how they will pay for involuntary Obamacare.

[exit82]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the sponsors of the bill,

Proof how far this country has fallen.

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Excellent point.

[AppyPappy]

You’ll notice they don’t get specific with the “loopholes” which means they probably won’t provide that much money or they didn’t apply to just the billionaires.

[Mercat]

Great ideas.

[Beagle8U]

Anyone can refinance any debt any time they want, and no new laws are needed to do so.

Just take out a bank loan to pay off the debt, all it requires is being credit worthy.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Local news coverage of this appeared to consist of anchors reading a handout from the DNC.