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Currently, The Washington Times reports, there are some 40,000 vets nationwide who qualify for student loan debt forgiveness under actions taken by the Departments of Education and Veterans Affairs last year.
However, just a fraction of those eligible have taken advantage of the program and applied for the assistance.
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My guess is they had reasons for not applying.
This action looks like political theater on both sides.
The VA has vocational rehab instead of the GI bill already. I used it. I don’t think this is necessary.
This is another instance where the remaining WWII, Korean and Viet Nam era Veterans get shafted, not more than handful might have this debt....
Where are these pushover VA employees?
The ones I dealt with acted like it was their own money and found every reason to dispute with you.
Maybe their bonuses were based on denying Disability.
No one deserves it more than the veterans, and it’s not a ton of money.
But, if a President Trump can forgive loans to veterans, what prevents a future Demon-crat President from forgiving the 1.5 Trillion in outstanding student debt? Remember, Obama took over the student lending function.
Doesn’t this fall under the budgetary responsibilities of Congress?