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Public service workers getting $5.8B in student loan forgiveness this week | Applications still open
ABC News Local ^ | March 29, 3024 | ByJason Knowles and Ann Pistone

Posted on 03/29/2024 3:46:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This week, thousands of people are getting emails from the Biden-Harris administration saying their student loan debt is canceled.

More people are getting billions in student loan forgiveness because of changes to rules in a program for public service workers.

Experts say this forgiveness can also help other ways. Now, people struggling with inflation can use their money to pay off record-high credit card debt and other bills.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2024
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1 posted on 03/29/2024 3:46:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another word for public service employees is democrat. These are public employees. This gives free school to 90% democrats. It should not be allowed.


2 posted on 03/29/2024 3:51:48 PM PDT by poinq (thics and customs and did not take an oath to the country. And did not follow the country's traditio)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why should anyone play by the rules? Going forward, I will do my utmost to not hire anyone in any capacity who I know had their student loans paid on the backs of the taxpayers.


3 posted on 03/29/2024 4:04:55 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Giving it all away


4 posted on 03/29/2024 4:05:41 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: poinq

Will they be charged income tax on the forgiven debt as many of us had to do with credit cards? If not, why?


5 posted on 03/29/2024 4:06:17 PM PDT by Berfed
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, I wonder why we are posting such huge deficits? Maybe this administration needs to be sued into paying back the $267 billion dollars they over spent. A$$holes.


6 posted on 03/29/2024 4:07:11 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Public employees, elected officials, and people who are appointed to various state and local boards and commissions are all public servants.

https://www.nicholls.edu/internal-audit-department/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2019/10/Public-Servant.pdf

Wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest?

WY69


7 posted on 03/29/2024 4:11:22 PM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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Public employees, elected officials, and people who are appointed to various state and local boards and commissions are all public servants.

https://www.nicholls.edu/internal-audit-department/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2019/10/Public-Servant.pdf

Wouldn’t that be a conflict of interest?

WY69


8 posted on 03/29/2024 4:11:22 PM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Unconstitutional


9 posted on 03/29/2024 4:16:49 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
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To: whitney69

Only if that organization is their full time employer and they’ve already made 10 years of payments.


10 posted on 03/29/2024 4:30:28 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Just a Texas Playboy at heart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe Ivy League colleges should just be open about it and eliminate the scholarship and loan paperwork and only admit Democrats and give them full tuition, room and board.


11 posted on 03/29/2024 5:06:27 PM PDT by KittyKares
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Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution:

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.”


12 posted on 03/29/2024 5:23:50 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it n)
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There is no "forgiveness". The banks are still getting their end in full. From the government (not the people who borrowed it).

It is a massive wealth transfer by the government from the taxpayers to the banks.

13 posted on 03/29/2024 6:18:18 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

“Only if that organization is their full time employer...”

But aren’t they deciding to forgive the debts they and their kids established?

wy69


14 posted on 03/29/2024 6:55:20 PM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

“Only if that organization is their full time employer...”

But aren’t they deciding to forgive the debts they and their kids established?

wy69


15 posted on 03/29/2024 6:55:20 PM PDT by whitney69 (yption tunnels)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money!


16 posted on 03/29/2024 8:39:30 PM PDT by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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To: poinq
Another word for public service employees is democrat. These are public employees. This gives free school to 90% democrats. It should not be allowed.

There should be some criteria. Maybe after you work in Baltimore public schools for 5 years, the school system can pay off your loans.

17 posted on 03/29/2024 8:41:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why isn’t Biden in prison? The demenbted maggot is breaking the law with this deadbeat “Thank you for your votes” ass-kissin.


18 posted on 03/29/2024 11:10:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Xiden tries to come off as a tough guy but can't stop a herd of raggedy ass Mexicans from invading.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

loan forgiveness is for redistribution black and brown and public service workers black and brown, whitie gets the stick


19 posted on 03/30/2024 4:05:56 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is complete crap. Next on list: forgive credit card debt...I really expect this.


20 posted on 03/30/2024 5:35:50 AM PDT by krug
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