Alumni react to judge blocking student loan relief

On Nov 19, 2022

(11 Nov 2022)
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ARCHIVE: Columbus, Ohio – 19 August 2022
1. Various of Ohio State University’s campus
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New Orleans, Louisiana – 11 November 2022
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick Bell, University of Washington graduate:
“Devastating news to come conveniently right after the midterm elections. I think that it’s just Interesting that a plaintiff came forward claiming that this is discriminatory when they themselves have had PPP loans forgiven. And so, I don’t know, a mix up like, you know, sad, devastation and also just kind of like a little bit like angering it, but also energizing where it’s like we really need to put a lot more pressure on Biden and also really galvanize folks who do have student loan debt and organize in order to figure out some way to get this relief.”
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New York – 11 November 2022
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Puckett, Hofstra University graduate:
“Before we knew about the the loan forgiveness, it had never even crossed my mind as an option. After the potential of the loan forgiveness being real and, you know, the application being real is when I had started to allow myself to dream that maybe that could happen. But, you know, the Texas ruling makes me think maybe it was just a pipe dream after all.”
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New Orleans, Louisiana – 11 November 2022
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick Bell, University of Washington graduate:
“It’s just kind of like sad in a way where you feel like there’s all this effort that’s been done for years and years and years and you’re almost at the finish line and then the rug kind of gets pulled from underneath you. And so I think that’s where a lot of our feeling right now, where we feel a little bit tricked and not necessarily because of the administration, but because, you know, your government is supposed to work in favor of the people and you really realize that, you know, this is not, you know, student loan debt cancellation really doesn’t hurt anybody. It’s not going to hurt anyone besides servicers who, you know, really are just, you know, profiting off the interest of student loan debt. And so at the end of the day, you know, we’re going to keep fighting, hopefully, you know, the court rules, the appeal, you know, goes through in the next court rules in our favor.”
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New York – 11 November 2022
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Puckett, Hofstra University graduate:
“I don’t feel that the wall is pulled out from under me because I don’t believe that I would have accepted it until my actual number on my account went down to that 6000. And so for me it was like, awesome. I’m so excited to have applied, but you know, I’m not going to take it to the bank until I see that it’s actually happened. So this feels like more of the same to me.”
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New Orleans, Louisiana – 11 November 2022
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Frederick Bell, University of Washington graduate:
“We’re not really able to plan financially for the next year because you don’t really know the expenses that you’re going to have, whether you’re going to have this monthly payment for student loans or not in how that process is going to work.”
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New York – 11 November 2022
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Puckett, Hofstra University graduate:
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ARCHIVE: Madison, Wisconsin – 27 July 2022
8. Various of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus
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District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws.
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