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Tuesday, May 06, 2025

The US Department of Education resumed collecting on defaulted student loans on Monday. More than five million borrowers are currently in default, and that total could swell to roughly ten million borrowers within a few months, according to the Trumpf junta. The federal government has extraordinary collection powers on its student loans and it can seize borrowers' tax refunds, paychecks, as well as Social Security retirement and disability benefits.

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The oligarchs and the Trumpf junta want to extract as much wealth from the masses before the 2026 mid-term and 2028 presidential elections because they may not get another chance for some time. This is why there seems to be a rush to sell our national resources, cut Medicaid/Medicare funding, and weaken Obamacare: Sicken people and create medical debt as they collect on school loans. These moves are attempts to permanently feudalize American society which will drastically reduce the middle class. In terms of Brave New World, the GOP and the oligarchs want a population of white Epsilons: openingclass.com

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-06 03:07 AM | Reply

It was a given that student loan holders would be targeted as a revenue source for an administration whose primary goal is to transfer as much wealth as possible to themselves and their donors/buddies.

That being said, the reprieve for student loan payments has been veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrry long. Anyone who didn't prepare for the inevitable end of that artificial grace period is foolish. The light touch of the Biden admin on debt obligations was always going to be transient.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-06 10:38 AM | Reply

Ridiculous that it was paused this long. Liberals brag about being 'educated' but then can't figure out how to pay their bills and end up making less than conservatives. This deadbeat student loan issue is almost exclusively ------- liberals - time to pay up buttercup. I bet this impacts Snoofy's student loans even though he is nearly 70. Taxpayers get the joy of subsidizing his bong hits and acid trips which rendered him non-functioning and a lifelong economic loser.

#3 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 10:43 AM | Reply

#2: Preparing for the end of the temporary Biden reprieve is a good idea, but people become overcome by sudden and other pressing financial difficulties: medical bills not covered by insurance, home damage from a flood, unexpected unemployment, funding an elderly parent, or car repair bills. As US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said, too many Americans live with stress because they live paycheck to paycheck with little to no wiggle room in their monthly budgets, much less save for the future.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-06 12:25 PM | Reply

"As US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said, too many Americans live with stress because they live paycheck to paycheck with little to no wiggle room in their monthly budgets, much less save for the future.
#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS"

Too many LIBERALS. This college loan wage garnishment is hitting deep blue -------- liberals almost exclusively - with a huge negative impact on black females. It is no wonder - liberals can't manage their own finances - keep them away from trying the manage the finances of the country.

#5 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 12:36 PM | Reply

Too many LIBERALS. This college loan wage garnishment is hitting deep blue -------- liberals almost exclusively - with a huge negative impact on black females. It is no wonder - liberals can't manage their own finances - keep them away from trying the manage the finances of the country.

#5 | Posted by ScottS

ScottS never went to no collee!

He didn't need no high school or middle school neither. Reading and writing is for libs! Ain't no man need to count past 13!

He was doing fine making french fries until them libs got him fired for doing meth in the bathroom! Damn you, woke McDonalds! After 10 long years, he was about to be promoted to flipping burgers and maybe even adding the pickles and ketchup! He had DREAMS, damn you! One day he could have been promoted to the guy asking "Do you want fries with that?"

#6 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-06 12:57 PM | Reply

I have blank lines in the thread, but I imagine a paid troll is replying with talking points and nothing genuine to offer.

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-06 01:06 PM | Reply

I LOVE the meme that on the left has a preppy momma's boy looking
prk named CHAD talking down about the "workers" who didn't go to college....and on the other side is a guy in a hardhat smiling with caption reading... this is scot disconnecting Chad's electricity...
says it all about this fubr created TOTALLY by barry obama....

--BREAKING NEWS...HAMAS SUPPORTING FOREIGN STUDENTS DEMAND THAT THEY BE DEPORTED ONLY AFTER US TAXPAYERS PAY THEIR COLLEGE DEBT.

#8 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-06 07:15 PM | Reply

"#6 | Posted by Sycophant"

I have an advanced degree and paid off the small loan I took during my grad school within my first year of working. It really is not hard unless you are a total ------- that lives way beyond your means in school and post-graduation OR you got a useless degree - both of which usually applies to these ------- liberals whining about how they cannot pay.

#9 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-06 10:51 PM | Reply

Looks like republicans do like the department of education.

It's their way of punishing people for seeking higher education.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 11:03 PM | Reply

both of which usually applies to these ------- liberals whining about how they cannot pay.
#9 | Posted by ScottS

Sounds like the description says more about your bias than theirs. Nice self-own, cultist.

#11 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-05-06 11:03 PM | Reply

Too many LIBERALS.
#5 | Posted by ScottS

"REEEEEEEEE!!"

Hahaha! JFC you're dumb. Swallow it.

#12 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-05-06 11:05 PM | Reply

I have an advanced degree
#9 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Of course you do!

You were just bragging about your GED on a different thread.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-06 11:07 PM | Reply

"You were just bragging about your GED on a different thread.
#13 | Posted by ClownShack"

Link to it or admit you are a liar -------.

I know it hurts your little fee-fee's that MAGA supporters are educated and successful in life because it turns the liberal narrative on its head. But the reality is that conservatives get degrees in things that earn money. Liberals study stupid ---- just because they want to put off their transition into adulthood. And know you are all going broke as a result.

#14 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 01:07 AM | Reply

MAGA supporters are educated and successful

Citation necessary.

How excited were you when Trump announced that due to his incompetence Americans will have to make do with less and pay more for it.

You really love that failed spoiled brat.

You stupid high school dropout.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 02:24 AM | Reply

#15: MAGA academics holding a PhD conference at the Nation's capital on 6 Jan 2021: cdn.cnn.com

#16 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-07 03:00 AM | Reply

"How excited were you when Trump announced that due to his incompetence Americans will have to make do with less and pay more for it."

You mean telling ------- liberals drowning in student loan debt and credit card debt as well as federal employees being cut as we are $36T in debt that we need to live within our means? Or you mean that the jobs cannot be instantly re-shored so there will be a temporary disruption in the supply of their cheap Chinese crap but that we will actually have a better future as the jobs come back to the US? Yeah, I am 100% on board with it. The only way you are not is if you don't have kids or don't care about their futures - which I assume applies to you as a militant homosexual.

"You really love that failed spoiled brat."

Failed spoiled brat because I am economically successful and want that success to spread to working class Americans? You know, the easy thing to do is to pull up the ladder on the next generation and tell them that their jobs are gone now so they either need to learn to code or become an OnlyFans creator. The easy thing to do is to continue to gorge my family on cheap Chinese ---- from TEMU and Shein as retail stores shutter and American manufacturing further collapses. That is the route you are picking. That is the route of a failed spoiled brat.

"You stupid high school dropout.
#15 | Posted by ClownShack"

Advanced degree ------- - I know that really triggers you as you are a college 'educated' economic failure. I repaid my small student loan - I doubt you have as it is clear you are a miserable person and that tends to be a trait of the economic failures.

So, either post the link where I stated I had a GED or admit that you lied.

#17 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 04:46 AM | Reply

THEY all signed a fiscal contract and by law are required to pay. It is not for we taxpayers to pay for their debts.

#18 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-05-07 03:55 PM | Reply

"THEY all signed a fiscal contract and by law are required to pay."
They aren't required to pay when it's PPP loans.

"It is not for we taxpayers to pay for their debts."
It is for we taxpayers to pay when it's PPP loans.

Which do you think has higher ROI, student loans or PPP loans?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-07 04:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"#19 | Posted by snoofy"

Just pay your student loan Snoofy - you are pushing 70, it is time for you to transition into adulthood.

#20 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 08:05 PM | Reply

@#18 ... THEY all signed a fiscal contract and by law are required to pay. It is not for we taxpayers to pay for their debts...

I'd agree, save for one question ...

Were those signings under duress?


And then, that fiscal issue aside, I've seen many comments here on this most august site from right-wing-oriented folk saying that the younger generation has not a clue.

So, if the younger generation does not have a clue, as stated, then what about that "fiscal contract" that was signed? Did they have a clue about that?


#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-07 08:34 PM | Reply

"So, if the younger generation does not have a clue, as stated, then what about that "fiscal contract" that was signed? Did they have a clue about that?
#21 | Posted by LampLighter"

I have no issue with taking away the rights of an 18 - 20 year olds to enter into contracts and the same should be extended to voting. If the 18 year old is too stupid to understand a student loan or credit card, they should not be deciding our country's future and economic policies.

#22 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 08:41 PM | Reply

@#22 ... If the 18 year old is too stupid to understand a student loan or credit card, they should not be deciding our country's future and economic policies. ...

The issue is, imo, "duress" not intelligence.


#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-07 08:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Considering he never went to college, ScottS doesn't understand how predatory student loans are.

Or how important education is for the nation to have a stronger future.

The main reason Republicans are against providing Americans with a free college education is because they're worried too many brown and Black people will benefit.

As ScottS has said several times, he expects Black people to take the jobs being vacated by undocumented immigrants. Because he believes Black people should be working out in fields, like they originally were.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 08:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Considering he never went to college, ScottS doesn't understand how predatory student loans are."

Repeating this lie does not make it true. But, please link to me ever claiming to have a GED as you stated. Still waiting on that -------.

"Or how important education is for the nation to have a stronger future."

Gender and cultural study degrees do not make the US stronger any more than the Islamic Studies degrees make Saudi Arabia stronger. You chose a useless major and are now poor and depressed - that was your choice.

"The main reason Republicans are against providing Americans with a free college education is because they're worried too many brown and Black people will benefit."

We don't want free education because people don't value anything they receive for free. You see that in the utter destruction of K-12 education in the US. It would be a crime against humanity to do the same to the US higher education system.

"As ScottS has said several times, he expects Black people to take the jobs being vacated by undocumented immigrants. Because he believes Black people should be working out in fields, like they originally were.
#24 | Posted by ClownShack"

Blacks, whites, brown - EVERYONE as long as they are a US citizen. Also, it may surprise you, but huge agricultural states like Wisconsin, Iowa, and California never had slavery. You would have learned this is you had gotten a useful degree.

#25 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 09:04 PM | Reply

We don't want free education because people don't value anything they receive for free.

I love the fact free posting from our resident high school dropout.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 09:33 PM | Reply

Wisconsin, Iowa, and California never had slavery.

More fact free posting from our resident high school dropout.

"despite California entering the Union as a "free state" in 1850, slavery existed in the state, though it was not as widespread as in Southern states. Enslaved people were brought to California, particularly during the Gold Rush, and worked in gold mines. While the state constitution banned slavery, it did not prevent its practice, and state and local officials sometimes upheld fugitive slave laws."

"there was a history of slavery in Wisconsin, even after the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 prohibited it. Slavery was practiced in the territory of Wisconsin, particularly during the lead mining boom, with around 100 enslaved individuals brought in. While slavery was officially outlawed in 1842 and Wisconsin joined the Union as a free state in 1848, the practice persisted,"

"while Iowa eventually became a free state, slavery was present in the Iowa Territory and existed briefly after Iowa was admitted to the Union. The 1840 census recorded 16 enslaved people in Dubuque County, according to Black Wall Street. Slavery was outlawed in Iowa when it achieved statehood in 1846"

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 09:39 PM | Reply

"#26 | Posted by ClownShack"

I posted this on another story but given all of your comments are exactly the same regardless of the story, I might as well repost it here:

The jealousy you have for your economic betters is really off-putting. Maybe if you spent more time in school earning an actually useful degree vs. banging dudes in bath houses and getting a sociology degree, you would not be so unhappy in life now. I do know homosexuals that are actually happy - so, it is not your sexual orientation making your a miserable, depressed person - it is your personality and lack of achievement. The good news is that you still have time to fix that in your remaining years.

As it stands, this will be your obituary:

ClownShack died on xxx
He was an insufferable homosexual that brought misery to those around him.
His boundless potential was wasted due to his hubris and lack of effort.
He brought immense joy to the many men he pleasured in bath houses but was never able to form a stable relationship.
He is not survived by any children but is survived by his $150,000 student loan.
The county requests money in lieu of flowers to offset his burial costs.

Do you really want that to be your legacy?

#28 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 09:41 PM | Reply

#28 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

That's a lot of writing. Maybe someone will take the time to read it, who knows.

You're clearly ignorant of American history, especially easily verifiable information.

Probably why you didn't graduate high school.

Good news for you, Trump loves the poorly educated, and here you are.

#29 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 10:00 PM | Reply

Do you really want that to be your legacy?

#28 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

And your legacy will be as a traitor who openly supported a traitor to your country and the constitution.

Have you been told to GFY today?

Just in case.

GFY traitor.

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-07 10:02 PM | Reply

"Do you really want that to be your legacy?"

Is this a reference to the Chelsea Handler bit?

You're not going to have a legacy.

#31 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-07 10:07 PM | Reply

"#29 | Posted by ClownShack"

Cry more and continue your loser ways and have that be your legacy. Or, you can make a positive change in your life. The choice is yours. I know that you can't change the homosexual part - but you can change the insufferable part.

#32 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 10:08 PM | Reply

"You're not going to have a legacy.
#31 | Posted by snoofy"

I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth.

I know you are not like ClownShack in that you are not a homosexual. But, it does not change the fact that you are pushing 70, have no children, and have no wealth - hence, no legacy. Your time is short. You need to change your ways now. Time to grow up and be an adult - better late than never.

#33 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 10:11 PM | Reply

Cry more
#32 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

I'm having a great time watching you try to have a point.

Perhaps if you had graduated from high school you could put up a decent argument, instead of only posting hyperbole, insults and ridiculous conservative propaganda.

#34 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 10:19 PM | Reply

I already have a legacy.
#33 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Of course you do!

That's why you're here, posting opinion articles about Biden.

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 10:21 PM | Reply

"#34 | Posted by ClownShack"

I know your economic failure is fueling your depression and feelings of being worthless.

Well, I am here to tell you that ALL humans have worth - even you. I want you to be successful both economically and emotionally. We cannot change the past - but you can change your present and future. I sincerely hope you choose to do so because life can be truly wonderful when you surround yourself with great people and become a productive member of society. The first step is always the hardest - but, I believe in you.

#36 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 10:24 PM | Reply

I know
#36 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Stopped reading there.

You don't know anything.

#37 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-07 11:33 PM | Reply

@#37 ... Stopped reading there. ...

Yup.

#38 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-07 11:46 PM | Reply

"Stopped reading there.
#37 | Posted by ClownShack"

That is where the tears got you, huh? Well, come back tomorrow and try reading it again. Always remember - Jesus loves you and all people have worth. Even you.

#39 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 11:46 PM | Reply

@#24 ... how predatory student loans are. ...

Yup.

As a comparison, predatory lending for mortgages was a cause of the 2008 financial crisis.

And in response to the predatory lending practices of the finance industry, Pres Trump seems to be doing ...

US bank regulator lays out plans for 20% staff reduction, emails says
www.reuters.com

So, Pres Trump seems to be OK with the financial industry exploiting workers?

#40 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-07 11:53 PM | Reply

That is where the tears got you, huh?
#39 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

Tears of laughter.

You seem to enjoy writing fan fiction about me. Perhaps you should write a novel.

#41 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-08 12:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"#41 | Posted by ClownShack"

Jesus loves you. Also, I truly want you to be successful in life. So, it is up to you and the choices you make. I truly hope you start to make better ones. Regardless, I wish you happiness and success even if that won't come through your current way of life.

#42 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-08 12:14 AM | Reply

Jesus loves you.

That should be a chapter in the novel.

#43 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-08 12:30 AM | Reply

"#43 | Posted by ClownShack"

I only hope that your life story will have a redemption arc. I know you are at a low point where you are depressed and feel like a failure. Things can get better if you make better choices. I believe in you.

#44 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-08 01:46 AM | Reply

ScottS has an "advanced degree," huh?

Probably some generic BS like an MBA or something.

#45 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-08 08:57 AM | Reply

It's possible to be specialized in one specific thing, and still be very stupid at many other things, including politics and humanity

#46 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-08 09:48 AM | Reply

"I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth."

Your legacy will be that you are a traitor who supports a traitor. If shots are ever fired in a civil war you will lose everything. Just like Jefferson Davis who WAS very wealthy and had a fine life BEFORE the civil war but lost it all after because he made the bad choices and chose to be a traitor to his country.

Also. You have my permission to die tomorrow and thereby decrease the surplus population of hateful maga morons.

#47 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-08 10:19 AM | Reply

"I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth."

Who thinks or writes this way? This reads like a script or weird talking point.

I have blank lines in the thread so I don't know who or what put this canned line into the thread. The Killfile function is a savior.

#48 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-08 11:12 AM | Reply

#48
Sounds like a line from either Citizen Kane or Blazing Saddles!

#49 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-08 11:27 AM | Reply

Probably some generic BS like an MBA or something.
#45 | POSTED BY JPW

Doubtful. Considering he thought a 4 year bachelors degree was the goal of college.

College is meant to take 4 years.
#6 | POSTED BY SCOTTS
drudge.com

I'm pretty certain his advanced degree is a GED.

#50 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-08 01:34 PM | Reply

"I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth."

You call that a legacy?
Nobody even knows your name.

#51 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-08 01:35 PM | Reply

He'll be dead and forgotten within one generation.

Like most people are.

#52 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-08 01:42 PM | Reply

"I already have a legacy. I came from a working class midwest family and if I died tomorrow, I leave behind successful children and multi-generational wealth."

Damn.
This guy's giving Eberly a run for the money!
Got a daughters bending over on Capitol Hill too?

#53 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-08 01:54 PM | Reply

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