Here’s one. Putting Democrats in control gives us a chance to fix things like this:
Joshua Cohen works with troubled student loan borrowers.
What’s surprised Cohen lately is the increasing number of gray-haired people walking in his doors with a problem: A portion of their meager Social Security benefits are being taken by the government to pay for old student loans they had mostly forgotten about.
It’s a growing national trend. Last year, 156,000 Americans had their Social Security checks garnished because of student loans they had defaulted on. It’s tripled in number from 47,500 in 2006, before the Great Recession. That’s according to analysis done by the U.S. Treasury for CNNMoney.
This is one of the things Liz Warren is trying to fix. A Democratic majority in both houses would help.
If you must vote, I do and I recommend that you do too, then for God’s sake never for an incumbent. Unless: 1) you’re represented by someone like Elizabeth Warren 2) the other candidate is a T-Bagger. “There’s not a dimes worth of difference between a Democrat and a Republican.” The only thing that Wallace ever got right. NEVER vote for a third party candidate.
Letting retirees default on decades old student loans teaches the wrong lesson, while letting Banksters and CEO’s default would create a crisis to horrible to contemplate. If this is their only reason to NOT vote Rethug, they aren’t paying attention.