Student loan forgiveness FTW

<sarcasm>File under: Both parties are the same</sarcasm>

I got an email in August from my #studentLoans servicer with the subject ‘Your Student Loans Have Been Forgiven.’

I didn’t believe it, so I ignored the email. Not only have I had student loans since 1994, but in 00s my loans were sold multiple times to different servicers and keeping up with that was a pain. What I did notice each time they were sold was the principal getting higher and higher – for nothing.

My total owed should have been around $60k, plus interest. But for the last decade it has been – I shit you not – $200k. I’d given up on trying to figure out which servicers jacked it up to ridiculous levels, and whether the effort was even worth it. I figured I’d die with $200k in loans.

But with the #pandemic payment pause ending, I had to see what my repayment options were. I was surprised as hell that it was $0, and that was retroactive to 2016. I didn’t think I qualified for any of the special programs that #Biden had made, but I’m not arguing (though I did confirm that it was actually forgiven).

Too many people like to think that Both Parties Are The Same, and that is completely and utterly FALSE. The media doesn’t help with their constant false equivalence for everything while spreading #conservatives lies in the form of ‘unbiased reporting.’

I’m surprised that this happened with all the obstruction the #GOP engages in, since they have no good ideas for governance but plenty of ideas for useless shitposting. But the Dems (despite their flaws because 1) they’re human and 2) they’re constrained by our not a real #Democracy system) have come through with policies, while I can’t think of a single policy from #Republicans that benefited anyone who wasn’t absurdly rich in at least 15 years.

Be forewarned: any ‘yeah but’ responses will result in a block. If you can’t get on the bus to make some progress against the fascist billionaire party, you need to figure out how the fascists got you to do their bidding.

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