Obama Just Made the Student Loan Program a Student Gift Program (With Your Money, Of Course)

Hey Kids… Don’t Worry About Your Student Loans, Uncle Obama’s Going to Pay Those, Too.

Barack Obama tripled the national deficit his first year in office. It will be larger this year.

But, that won’t stop him from handing out more “free” money.

Under the democrat’s new plan to bankrupt America, students will only have to pay 10% of their discretionary income on their student loan and after 20 years the government will pay the rest off.
FOX Blogs reported, via Free Republic:

Starting July 1st, when the government issues student loans, it will bypass the banks who have traditionally provided them, and directly target borrowers.

A White House press release spells it out this way, “[A]ll new federal student loans will be direct loans, delivered and collected by private companies under performance-based contracts with the Department of Education. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, ending these wasteful subsidies will free up nearly $68 billion for college affordability and deficit reduction over the next 11 years.”

But some in the President’s own party say eliminating the middle man also equals eliminating jobs.

But the President’s focus today will be more about what the bill does than what it does not.

He will also talk about the provision’s less controversial expansion of Pell Grants, as well as supporting historically black and minority institutions and caps on student loan repayments.

According to the White House, “New borrowers who assume loans after July 1, 2014, will be able to cap their student loan repayments at 10 percent of their discretionary income and, if they keep up with their payments over time, will have the balance forgiven after 20 years.”

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