This year's Masseys are shaping up to be the GOAT. They're presented by @AstraTaylor, an activist rock-and-roller turned documentary filmmaker who is one of the founders of #TheDebtCollective, fighting for #StudentDebt cancellation. Everything Astra does is *amazing* and her profile on #CBCIdeas gives some background on the role that #unschooling played in making her the powerful activist she is today:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/astra-taylor-interview-2023-massey-lecturer-1.6959320

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And those averages conceal a great deal of variation. For example, at the University of Michigan (a public university), tuition, fees and expenses for out-of-state juniors and seniors total more than $80,000 a year.

Researchers have recently discovered that, on average, those who've graduated after 1992 with a four-year college degree are NOT at an economic advantage over high school-only graduates...

because of massive #StudentDebt.
#America 😔

Reagan suggested that California public colleges could charge residents tuition for the first time. This, he complained, “resulted in the almost hysterical charge that this would deny educational opportunities to those of the most moderate means. This is obviously untrue. … We made it plain that tuition must be accompanied by adequate loans to be paid back after graduation.”

https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/

#StudentDebt

https://tools.debtcollective.org/run/student/#/1
Support the Student Debt Strike by joining! Let the Department of Education know you will not be paying! @debtcollective #students #studentdebt #StudentDebtRelief #StudentLoan @RD4Anarchy @HeavenlyPossum @BigTittyBimbo @Air_Quotes_Comedian @FinalOverdrive @thefinalstrawradio @ChannelZeroNet @1312FAS @twtr.plus

#Biden circumvents #SupremeCourt decision, cancels $72M #studentdebt
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-01-biden-admin-forgives-loans-students-ashford-university.html

Weiner and Newsom gutted #CEQA instead of solving the problem of private unaffordable housing: luxury units with amenities that students say they don’t need and increasing pressure on the cost of other #student #housing in the #private #rental market. In many cases #studentdebt load is as much about housing costs as it is about #tuition.
#regulatorycapture #SocialHousingNow #RightToHousing

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/student-accommodation-university-housing-crisis

Biden administration cancels $72 million in student debt for more than 2,300 borrowers

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/30/biden-administration-cancels-72-million-in-student-debt-.html

#CNBC #BidenAdministration #StudentDebt #DebtCancellation #Borrowers #HigherEducation #Politics #News

Sallie Mae, a gov’t org. ~in charge of student loans~ donates to state rep who then votes against student loan relief.
The density of #corruption in this paragraph is amazing.
WHY are those best positioned to help our society crippled by #studentdebt ????

#Biden is still trying to forgive #studentdebt in ‘a very direct confrontation’ with #SupremeCourt, expert says
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/27/biden-takes-on-supreme-court-by-still-trying-to-forgive-student-debt.html

…We’re taking on housing discrimination & increasing #Black homeownership. To date, we’ve invested >$7B in historically Black #colleges & #universities to prepare students for high-growth industries. We’ve approved >$116B in #StudentLoanDebtCancellation for 3.4M #Americans so that #borrowers receive the #relief they deserve. And a new #StudentDebt repayment plan is helping Black #students & #families cut in half their total lifetime payments per dollar borrowed.

#Bidenomics #SystemicRacism

I uploaded a new video -- something piqued my interest recently in the form of the upcoming student loan boycott. I sincerely believe that if people go through with it then it's almost a sure shot for debt cancellation, and it would likely also force a serious policy debate about tuition free college.

#politics #studentloans #studentdebt #debtforgiveness #debtstrike

https://youtu.be/s4qJKaoNn5Q

#PSA #studentloans #studentdebt

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/22/1195141913/borrowers-can-now-apply-for-new-income-based-student-loan-repayment

“A federal judge in Michigan has rejected an effort by a pair of right-wing think tanks to stop the Biden admin from canceling the #studentdebt of roughly 804,000 borrowers who have been making payments on their loans for more than 2 decades”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/student-debt-relief

#StudentDebt

Key Takeaway:
> [The Dept. of Education created] the most generous Income-Driven Repayment plan in history, called SAVE. Borrowers can go to studentaid.gov to apply.

This is built off a Clinton era law that let the Dept. of Ed set terms of the loans, so pretty solid footing.

More details here: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192703211/biden-save-plan-how-it-works

But! You have to apply to get this!

Tell your family, tell your friends, tell your kids, students, co-workers, strangers.

#Biden was thwarted in his initial efforts at #StudentLoans #StudentDebt forgiveness 😡, but has persevered and found a different route to effect relief 😃. Want more of the same? #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024

From: @w7voa
https://journa.host/@w7voa/110890464077583433

@staidwinnow @wherephysicswentwrong @Mary625 Yeah, he negotiated away the student debt moratorium!

#Biden #JoeBiden #StudentDebt

“the author, Kevin Carey, works for a corporate-backed think tank funded in part by the student loan industry, and has worked to undermine student debt cancellation for over a decade.”
#StudentDebt #vox

https://fair.org/home/voxs-student-loan-expert-is-paid-by-debt-collectors/

Every time I hear someone talk about their #StudentDebt I tell them how we need a #DebtStrike

And every time theyre like "oh well I don't want to mess up my credit" everyone is so atomized #adulting for many people means giving up on any sense of principle or collective action

The Truth Is: You Dont Have A Future under Capitalism

With very few exeptions: You're never gonna get that great job that fixes all your money problems, youre never gonna get your dream home

You've been lied to, the future you've been taught to plan for does not exist

TheOnion: Joe Biden Officially Wishes Student Loans Away By Blowing On Dandelion https://www.theonion.com/joe-biden-officially-wishes-student-loans-away-by-blowi-1850717749 #centrismintheunitedstates #timepersonoftheyear #studentloan #studentdebt #joebiden #wish

This one's a cake-taker.

Despite Biden's massive student debt relief program, the Pro-GOP Left wanted us to let the GOP win anyway, because Biden didn't forgive ALL debt (which is impossible).

Then SCOTUS struck down the whole program (because the Pro-GOP Left convinced us to let Trump win in 2016).

Now, the Pro-GOP Left dredges up 3-year-old article about a 16-year-old bill, in an attempt to help the GOP win in 2024.

#USPolitics #JoeBiden #studentdebt #studentloans #debt #studentloan