Disabled during their service or at any time?
Trump cares for our wounded heroes.
He is a leader of compassion and love
Not sure if I like this or not.
Sorry, this is a slippery slope.
Doesn’t the GI Bill already pay for some or all continued Education for Veterans?
It’s not on their business or news website.
This is the camel’s nose under the tent. And Trump is going to do this via executive orders? How, exactly? And what is to stop the next Democratic president from unilaterally cancelling student debt for whatever mascot minority is currently big on the leftist pander meter? How about cancelling debt for all single mothers? Or for released prisoners? Or Dreamers? Or public schoolteachers? Etc. Before you know it, only cishet white males will be expected to pay tuition.
As much as I respect and support our military, I’d like to see the blatant misuse of classifying veterans as disabled repaired before we start handing out additional benefits. There are people within the VA that heavily push vets to apply to be classified as disabled, so they can get $$$. For as many vets as there are who truly need this support, there are a large number who are milking the system.
Do they not qualify for the G.I. Bill?
I would prefer an acre of land and no federal taxes for the rest of their lives.
This would apply only to those who have been in actual heavy combat.
not sure I fully agree with this. Combat vets or all vets? Pretty sure there are millions of people just as deserving as Corporal Susie Q who served a tour of duty in a German office building.
I’d really rather have him figure out a new pathway to get education affordable than just writing off student debt. It sets a bad precedent.
Education really should not cost more $10,000/yr for anybody.
I appreciate his gesture for the vets.
Hope this helps.
Good. If there is one segment of the student citizens who deserve a pass, it’s these guys. Add their tuition to the illegals..
Good move.... but....
I can see the gesture being abused in the future.
Imagine...
All recruits in the future being encouraged or advised to purchase a home “just in case” they get wounded severely and become incapacitated and “can’t work”. We, meaning all taxpayers, would become the debt payers for all of them. And, it wouldn’t be just homes; it could be transportation and child support, and more.
If anything, the pensions allowed to permanently disabled veterans should cover all costs and debts. In any case, if we “employ” them to risk life and limb, then, we should be ready to pay, worst case scenarios included.
This is actually what is already going on with federal direct loans...if someone is permanently disabled they can apply to have their loan discharged due to that disability...
No ... a loan is a loan. I paid mine.
John Q. Public can already get his student loans discharged via permanent disability. The amount of the discharge is taxable as income, and has to be reported. I don’t know how the government handles student loan discharge for disabled vets...specifically those who were permanently disabled during active service. I guess we’ll have to wait to hear the finer details. I don’t trust the news media to get the full story on this.
Also, colleges will just increase tuition rates because what government subsidizes, government corrupts and destroys.
I forgot to add this link to the dear colleague letter that will give you more information than you will ever want to know on the subject of total and permanent disability loan forgiveness...
No, eliminating debt is an unbalanced and unfair way to help any particular group, since it rewards those who went into debt above those who handled their business differently.
Also a bad precedent to establish on the whole student finance issue — however much liberal Ivanka probably approves.