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The Republicans and Trump administration on Monday announced that it will resume involuntary collection measures against defaulted federal student loan recipients, including garnishing wages, tax refunds, and Social Security benefits and "other actions to help borrowers get back into repayment," as the U.S. Department of Education euphemistically said.

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[–] pepperjohnson@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's not. It's a fun side effect for them. The point is keeping the plebs in our place so they can maintain power indefinitely.

[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It feels like they’re trying to make people desperate enough to act out…

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

More like, having no resources to fight back.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Motherfucker…

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh sure let's trust the admin who texts top secret war plans to a group chat to collect the correct amount of money from the correct people without fucking everything up

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Good news! They contract this all out to very very upstanding private companies.