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The Debt Collective 🟥

@StrikeDebt

The nation’s first debtors’ union, organizing to build power with debt as leverage. You are not a loan! Press: [email protected]

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Some people are opposed to student debt cancellation because they know that as soon as we cancel the debt the working class is going to demand what is owed to them

Student debtors are not your enemy. The 1% is. They have your money & we should collected it

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Student Borrower Protection Center(@theSBPC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On Wednesday, Elizabeth Warren held a Senate hearing on MOHELA's Performance as a Student Loan Servicer.

Read about and watch the highlight's here:
conta.cc/3vPtNV1

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This is an argument for providing **DIRECT PUBLIC FUNDING** to public colleges and universities to eliminate tuition and student debt entirely

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We need state and local governments to not just cancel medical debt — but to also use law and policies to ensure medical debt isn't created in the first place. For example, cracking down on hospitals who don't enforce Charity Care policies for low-income folks getting healthcare.

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Leonard Leo realized it wasn't enough to have justices on his side. They needed to decide the right cases, brought by the right lawyers, heard by the right lower court judges.

He built a machine to do just that.

All episodes available now:
w/ On the Media propublica.org/article/we-don…

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In a functional society, someone wouldn’t be a VP contender if they are openly, proudly pushing to jack up credit card fees.

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MOHELA couldn't be bothered to show up to a hearing in Congress to answer questions about how they screwed up millions of people's accounts

Instead this is what they are doing. Suing to kill cancellation because your debt = MOHELA's profit
apnews.com/article/studen…

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Braxton 🟥(@Braxtonbrew96) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Biden's SAVE plan kinda sucks—BUT it is canceling student debt for some folks, and that is good! You should know Republicans are suing to block this repayment plan by arguing student loan servicer MOHELA is getting financially harmed. Biden should terminate MOHELA's contract.

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The funny thing about student debt relief is it *boosts* the economy. It’s actually collecting on the debt that hampers the economy.

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“In more ways than one, MOHELA could serve as the achilles heel of any student debt relief proposal the Biden administration puts forward,” Debt Collective said in a statement.

Biden Risking Student Debt Relief Plans by Continuing MOHELA Contract
truthout.org/articles/activ…

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1/2 🧵From this afternoon's MOHELA hearing: Elizabeth Warren 'Can you just say a word about who benefits from student debt cancellation?' Mayor Quinton Lucas 'The beneficiaries are the working people of our communities who provide vital public service to our community every day...

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One of the easiest ways to tell if Biden actually takes student debt cancellation seriously is whether he terminates a contract with the student loan servicer MOHELA or not. Right now, he still contracts with them. We'll quickly explain. 🧵

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