Posted on 08/21/2019 12:01:03 PM PDT by JonPreston
Charles Payne on Fox Business News just announced that President Trump will sign a memorandum that will eliminate all student debt for disabled vets.
Bravo!
I have a boss at work who’s military husband is about to retire from his desk job...shazam. he got himself 100%disability why I have no clue....
Why stop there? How about paying off all their debts? How about $1 Million per year each for life?
Then that means a VA rating of 100% disabled, which is very few of veterans.
How about giving them what we give illegals. ?
That is very true.
Patience dude, patience.........
Stop running around screaming "the sky is falling" until you know all the facts........Sheesh!
NO, let's be REALLY, REALLY clear, you have no idea what the heck the post is all about, let alone what the President may or may not do.
So stop jumping around like an idiot and just wait this out until we hear at least the basic facts............How hard is that?........Sheesh!
LOL!
I can think of some students that were in college, then got into ROTC in their junior year. They had loans out and would not get any benefits until after they were commissioned.
I am really against the government forgiving ANY loans with the following exceptions: Forgiving loans for Doctors, PAs, and NPs who give X years to the community. We need doctors and PA/NPs and their student loan debt is overwhelming. Everyone wins.
Thank you. Disabled is disabled. I don’t care whether it is from an IED or they fell off a lift maintaining an air conditioner. Its one mission.
There is no shortage of students interested in becoming doctors, PAs and NPs. And they are all decently paid. No reason at all to pay loans off for them.
What there probably is a need for is more schools offering slots for students to enter into programs.
SUBJECT: Discharging the Federal Student Loan Debt of Totally and Permanently Disabled Veterans
Since our Founding, the United States has been blessed with men and women willing to serve in defense of our Nation and our ideals. Many of those answering the call to serve make the ultimate sacrifice for their country, and many others carry physical and emotional scars for the rest of their lives.
The Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act in 2008 and other acts (Higher Education Act), honors veterans who are totally and permanently disabled as a result of their service to the Nation by providing for the discharge of their Federal student loan debt. Borrowers who have been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected condition and who provide documentation of that determination to the Secretary of Education are entitled to the discharge of such debt.
For the last decade, veterans seeking loan discharges have been required to submit an application to the Secretary of Education with proof of their disabilities obtained from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The process has been overly complicated and difficult, and prevented too many of our veterans from receiving the relief for which they are eligible. This has inflicted significant hardship and serious harm on these veterans and has frustrated the intent of the Congress that their Federal student loan debt be discharged.
Only half of the approximately 50,000 totally and permanently disabled veterans who currently qualify for the discharge of their Federal student loan debt have availed themselves of the benefits provided to them by the Higher Education Act. This has created a serious and critical problem for disabled veterans, who must deal with the day-to-day consequences of their service-connected injuries, and for our military, as readiness and recruitment suffer when we do not take care of our veterans. There is a pressing need to quickly and effectively resolve this problem. Therefore, my Administration will take prompt action to ensure that all totally and permanently disabled veterans are able to obtain, with minimal burden, the Federal student loan debt discharges to which they are legally entitled.
Accordingly, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to express the gratitude of our Nation for the service of our totally and permanently disabled veterans, I hereby direct the following:
Section 1. Policy.
It shall be the policy of the Federal Government to facilitate — in a manner that is quick, efficient, and minimally burdensome — the discharge of Federal student loan debt for totally and permanently disabled veterans.
Sec. 2. Directive to the Secretaries of Education and Veterans Affairs.
(a) The Secretary of Education is hereby directed to develop as soon as practicable a process, consistent with applicable law, to facilitate the swift and effective discharge of the Federal student loan debt of totally and permanently disabled veterans pursuant to section 437 of the Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1087; section 455 of the Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1087e; and section 464 of the Higher Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1087dd. To the maximum extent feasible and consistent with applicable law, the process developed by the Secretary of Education should account for and make use of disability determinations made available to the Secretary of Education by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) The Secretaries of Education and Veterans Affairs (Secretaries) shall take appropriate action to implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this memorandum as expeditiously as possible. To that end, the Secretaries shall consider all pathways for the Department of Veterans Affairs to share disability determinations with the Department of Education, so that veterans may be relieved of the burdensome administrative impediments to Federal student loan debt discharge.
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this memorandum:
(a) the term “Federal student loan debt” means liability to repay Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans, and Federal Perkins Loans.
(b) the term “discharge” means discharge of FFEL Program loans and Direct Loan Program loans and cancellation of Federal Perkins Loans.
Sec. 4. General Provisions.
(a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(d) The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
DONALD J. TRUMP
From this article you linked:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/30/veterans-caught-triple-dipping-on-benefits/
Is this quote:
“Most of his benefits — $85,958 — came from VA disability, while $46,396 was military retirement, and $20,365 was from Social Security.”
Nobody on this planet, or any other has been paid $85k VA Disability in one year. It tops out around $3,200 per month for a 100% rating.
I call BS.
Slippery slope. Plus, our grandchildren cannot afford any more of our “free” stuff.
They paid their debts in advance on the field of battle.
MAGA!
Go Trump!
Haha! It’s the same argument used for “eliminating” student debts across the board only this is aimed at the soft spot in our hearts for military vets.
And I reserve the right to jump around like all the rest of the idiots replying here! ;-)
I couldn't have said it any better!!!
So you have a problem with permanently disabled military veterans having their college tuitions absorbed by the government?
Why, don't you think the country owes them an education and subsequent trade due to their sacrifice?.......You confuse me.
Chief Ryback doesn’t like his comment.
Yeah, I heard they all had a great life afterwards. Minus the alcoholism, depression, suicide, nightmares, etc.
Just ask Audie Murphy...
GI bill doesn’t cover entire cost AND this is for DISABLED combat vets the very least we can do for DISABLED combat vets is give them an education to help them back on their feet, they have a very rough road as it is!! I realize they sign up for this HOWEVER the military pay is minimal and finding a job being disabled it not an easy road either WE ALL OWE these men and women aside from the MANY MULTIPLE deployments they endure in the HELL HOLE of the Middle East!!!
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