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Every time they extended the student loan moratorium the harder they make it to justify turning them back on again. The fact that the material details of the economy, inflation, cost of goods, etc., are dramatically worse than they were at the start of 2020 doesn't make the case any easier too. What the gently caress are they even doing.
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MadJackal posted:https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1540404247103037440?s=20&t=yXLVmHE_PFw1f_nwdf_Nkw I think people are completely justified in being angry at the Biden admin being a Buchanan-level catastrophe. Everyone that helped put him in power and give him Congress understood at least a little bit that this was the last real chance to keep the country from completely imploding and they have totally squandered all of their critical time and resources.
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syntaxrigger posted:I saw this in my feed. Would this be an actual helpful thing biden could do or is it just someone being pithy on twitter? bargaining stage of grief.
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VideoGameVet posted:I'm tired of debating people who believe that the GOP won't institute a national ban if they win Congress and POTUS in 2024. Personally I think the political reason to end the filibuster and start passing poo poo is to force Republicans to dare and take it away. Republicans aren't experiencing any consequences because there is no way for them to do so thanks to the deadlock and they always control the conditions of their wins and losses. There is a ton of frustration about how the Senate disproportionately benefits Republicans, but not a lot of talk about getting their strategy of "doing very little beyond stonewalling Democrats" to bite them in the rear end. These people don't have to stay Republican voters but that seems to be a foregone conclusion by Democratic leadership and a strategy that requires a lot more work than they're willing to do.
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Jun 26, 2022 01:25
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Definitely a chill, stable guy that it was okay to allow control the nuclear arsenal.
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Jun 28, 2022 19:38
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Dietrich posted:If there were any justice in this world his dad would go to the jail cell right next to him for the same amount of time. "Extremely lovely and enabling parents" has been a clear common thread in several recent mass shootings and this probably needs to be better scrutinized IMO.
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*Four* sets marked top secret, holy gently caress.
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cr0y posted:This is a huge loving deal isn't it? From what it looks like to me if he's convicted for mishandling even one of these documents he'd spend the rest of his life in prison?
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Aug 12, 2022 19:51
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Yeah it's pretty clear all the flailing is propaganda damage control, not a real legal defense.
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Aug 12, 2022 22:04
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Andrew Yang isn't terribly difficult to understand IMO. He's no different from any other tech bro billionaire who has been insulated from criticism for a decade or more and is consequently high on his own supply. Zuckerberg's metaverse puppets and the Forward Party are an overlapping Venn diagram.
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Aug 18, 2022 15:57
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If they can forgive 10k they can forgive all of it, and everyone's attention will turn to that fact forever onward.
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Aug 23, 2022 00:42
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The new loan modification rules they announced today with the payment cap of 5% of discretionary income above ~$33k is automatically forgiven after 10 years if the loan is less than $12k. The thing that's unclear to me and what matters the most to me personally is if the change in discretionary income is *just* for the new IDR terms, or if this change applies to all loan types. I have a consolidated Direct Loan on PSLF which I had to take out to consolidate my undergraduate and graduate loans in order to qualify (and which we were all encouraged to do to get the temporary waiver this year). The change in monthly payment caps would be immensely helpful but if I'm carved out for arbitrary reasons I'm not super happy about getting thrown back to the wolves in January, same as it ever was.
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Aug 25, 2022 04:01
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:You can get all of those new changes (interest capitalization changes, IBR forgiveness, etc) on any loan type, but the 5% discretionary income cap is only if you have undergrad loans. Grad loans are capped at 10%, but grad loans do get the new discretionary income calculation where the exempt amount goes to 225% poverty level (from ~$13.5k to ~$33k). This is all I need and I'm happy to have if this is correct (that I'll also benefit from the new income calculation). I'm a teacher turbofucked by student loans and living in a red state that hates me, so I only make around 400% federal poverty guidelines. If my monthly IBR payment drops from $300 to $150 it would do a lot to make the last leg of PSLF manageable, since I also have a whole basket of private student loans to deal with.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Just to update you, it looks like the DOE released an updated press release with some more details: This is great to see! More than I expected even. I'm fine with staying the course on 10% but it's nice to see that will improve. The main thing that would help me is the change in how discretionary income is calculated so I guess I'll just need to wait in see if I need to switch to a new IDR plan or if they'll just automatically apply the new terms. Wouldn't want to jeopardize the 8 years on PSLF I've already accrued.
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Aug 25, 2022 19:16
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Trump has loser stink now and if there's one thing you can guarantee about Americans is that we hate losers. All of the voter fraud wailing and whining is a result of a deep, deep fear of accidentally backing a loser and they would rather believe reality is wrong than admit it.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:White house twitter with a thread of receipts on PPP loan forgiveness amounts received by people now complaining about loan forgiveness. This owns, light them the gently caress up
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