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“Instead of investing in students and families, politicians want to hand billionaires another tax break... We deserve more than scraps. We deserve to achieve our dreams of an education without a lifetime of debt.” — Satra Taylor

In the Biden White House, I was one of a few who worked on both small business policy and student debt relief. The Trump plan to put SBA in charge of student loans puts the finances of 1 in 12 adults at risk. New Student Borrower Protection Center Groundwork Collaborative report from AissaC lays it out.

42 million Americans are saddled with student loan debt. That's more than 15% of American adults who owe $1.7 trillion in student loan debt to the federal government. The Trump Admin’s extreme agenda threatens to cause permanent damage to the finances of these Americans by

There remains strong, bipartisan agreement that the student loan system is broken. America’s grand experiment with debt-financed higher education has failed.

The coming wave of financial distress facing tens of millions of families is a policy 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. There is nothing preordained about it.

"If the GOP really cared about meritocracy, they wouldn’t gut programs that help low-income students—especially those who also have a job or care for a child—earn a college degree." newrepublic.com/article/195663…

"I say this as an American, as a veteran who proudly served this country. I believe we all must stand up against these efforts to put higher education out of reach for working American families. We must ensure education remains a pathway to the American dream."

Debt prevents people from building intergenerational wealth.

There are more than 6 million people in default on a student loan who now face wage garnishment and the seizure of their Social Security checks and tax refunds.

New memo with Consumer Federation of America: The Trump-Vought run CFPB quietly dismissed 21 public enforcement actions... many involving egregious violations by repeat corporate offenders. Trump's CFPB is in the pocket of corporate lawBREAKers. protectborrowers.org/consumer-group…

Our current plague of corruption and corporate greed, writes David Dayen, is going to drive honest companies out of the market. trib.al/fG4nyrz

We have had a decades-long experiment with denying people bankruptcy rights and it has resulted in people staying in debt for decades into retirement. Restoring peoples' right to bankruptcy and having an exhaust valve in the student loan system is VITAL.

This is a phenomenal deep dive into the underbelly of American higher education. Rogue government contractors, predatory student lenders, fly-by-night training scams— it is open season on students and borrowers in Trump’s America.

"It’s sad that two teachers who graduated almost 20 years ago are still dealing with student loan debt." #BorrowersNotBillionaires

NO family should face food or housing insecurity because of student loans. Period.

“How many wonderful young scientists and teachers do we lose because they can’t afford to go to college?” - Bernie Sanders

"CFPB has already received more than 4x as many complaints from Syracuse this year compared to this time last year. Clearly action is needed." Important piece by Seth Frotman/Samuel Levine in support of NY AG James bill to ban unfair practices in NY➜ syracuse.com/opinion/2025/0…

Predatory tech bootcamps exploit students.

"This is not the American way & we don’t have to see it become reality. House Republicans passed this bill at dawn, hoping we wouldn’t notice. We noticed. Now, across the country we're speaking out to say 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉." 👏👏👏 Satra Taylor in Her Campus: hercampus.com/culture/big-be…

Borrowers deserve student loan system reform—NOT retaliation.