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MichMan

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3. As I recall the federal student loan program was part of the ACA legislation

Reply to bronxiteforever (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2020, 09:03 AM

Jan 2020

The payments were supposed to offset the cost of the ACA to ensure it was under 1 trillion.

Never made any sense to me what student loans had to do with a health care bill

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Student loan debt is over $1.6 trillion and hardly anyone is paying down their loans (CNBC) [View all] bronxiteforever Jan 2020 OP

All that debt is being laundered into "investment instruments." Warpy Jan 2020 #1

It's because of compounded interest. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #2

As I recall the federal student loan program was part of the ACA legislation MichMan Jan 2020 #3

I sure would like a link to that -- I read the book on the ACA progree Jan 2020 #4

+1000 exactly. Right wing talking point. bronxiteforever Jan 2020 #5