Cancel Student Loan Debts
Target:
University and College Education
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Students should not have to leave school with outstanding debt. Having a higher standard of education for all those who are worthy according to their Achievements and Capabilities, is important for our own education and level of intelligence.
Not coming out of a Higher Education, either College or University with Debts is a wise decision, to relieve the financial burden on our future generations.
As Debt is a form of Economic Terror, that keeps people working in jobs that they are not happy with. Or with undue Stress, which creates health issues.
Every individual should be free to follow their dreams. And have the freedom to do that without debt.
It also creates equality for all to benefit from a higher education without worry and debt at a time when they are starting a new life and possibly a young family.
We have to move forward in human Rights for the benefit of all of the world.
And that means opening the doors to a higher education for all of our people.
A higher education for each individual, is a benefit to all of our Nations.
Not coming out of a Higher Education, either College or University with Debts is a wise decision, to relieve the financial burden on our future generations.
As Debt is a form of Economic Terror, that keeps people working in jobs that they are not happy with. Or with undue Stress, which creates health issues.
Every individual should be free to follow their dreams. And have the freedom to do that without debt.
It also creates equality for all to benefit from a higher education without worry and debt at a time when they are starting a new life and possibly a young family.
We have to move forward in human Rights for the benefit of all of the world.
And that means opening the doors to a higher education for all of our people.
A higher education for each individual, is a benefit to all of our Nations.
Students should not have to leave school with outstanding debt. Having a higher standard of education for all those who are worthy according to their Achievements and Capabilities, is important for our own education and level of intelligence.
Not coming out of a Higher Education, either College or University with Debts is a wise decision, to relieve the financial burden on our future generations.
As Debt is a form of Economic Terror, that keeps people working in jobs that they are not happy with. Or with undue Stress, which creates health issues.
Every individual should be free to follow their dreams. And have the freedom to do that without debt.
It also creates equality for all to benefit from a higher education without worry and debt at a time when they are starting a new life and possibly a young family.
We have to move forward in human Rights for the benefit of all of the world.
And that means opening the doors to a higher education for all of our people.
A higher education for each individual, is a benefit to all of our Nations.
Not coming out of a Higher Education, either College or University with Debts is a wise decision, to relieve the financial burden on our future generations.
As Debt is a form of Economic Terror, that keeps people working in jobs that they are not happy with. Or with undue Stress, which creates health issues.
Every individual should be free to follow their dreams. And have the freedom to do that without debt.
It also creates equality for all to benefit from a higher education without worry and debt at a time when they are starting a new life and possibly a young family.
We have to move forward in human Rights for the benefit of all of the world.
And that means opening the doors to a higher education for all of our people.
A higher education for each individual, is a benefit to all of our Nations.
We the Undersigned,
Are interested in cancelling student Loans debts, and at the same time creating a free Higher Education system for all people. It is in the interest of our Nations to have the best and brightest educated to our greatest potential.
So we are targeted our democratic choice through petitions.
We thank you for the time that you take to give this situation your serious consideration
We signed the "Cancel Student Loan Debts" petition!
# 295:
9:23 pm PST, Feb 2,
Vicki McGinnis, South Carolina
# 294:
8:32 pm PST, Feb 2,
Name not displayed, Oregon
My wife is now 60 years old. she went to college and earned 2 masters degrees. Then she worked for 4 years and developed diabedes high blood presser sinus probems etc. she can not work anymore. The amount of her loans now totals $190,000.00. We cannot find a doctor that will sign saying she is disabled! It looks like we a doomed :-(
My wife is now 60 years old. she went to college and earned 2 masters degrees. Then she worked for 4 years and developed diabedes high blood presser sinus probems etc. she can not work anymore. The amount of her loans now totals $190,000.00. We cannot find a doctor that will sign saying she is disabled! It looks like we a doomed :-(
# 293:
8:45 pm PST, Feb 1,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 292:
10:55 am PST, Jan 26,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
This would certainly help me to contribute more to society and the economy.
This would certainly help me to contribute more to society and the economy.
# 291:
3:03 pm PST, Jan 20,
Denise Madej, Washington
# 290:
1:15 pm PST, Jan 20,
Silvia Melo, Portugal
# 289:
3:59 pm PST, Jan 14,
Laura Nason, Michigan
I am disabled and on Social Security Disability. I qualify to have my student loan dismissed but have no doctor willing to sign the papers. The statement from Social Security that says "We find you to be fully and completely disabled as of (date)." ought to be good enough. I have already paid back nearly every penny I borrowed but still have a bill for more than twice that amount. I do not get a penny of credit for any payment. One payment, which was a tax refund years ago, was for $1184.00 and I didn't even get credit for that. Instead they ADDED $1184.00 to the bill as a FEE and then demanded $1184.00 a MONTH at a time when my only income was a little over $500 a month with rent and utilities leaving less than $20.00 a week for food and occasional bus ride home from work. I have been paying every month for over 3 years and they got the $300 stimulus check. I got NO credit for that. I was told they didn't HAVE to give me credit for that because it wasn't a "voluntary" payment. I wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. I HAD TO FILL OUT THE PAPER to get it and THAT was VOLUNTARY! If this COUNTRY can forgive trillions of dollars of debt owed by other countries and bail out millionaire and billionaire bankers, they ought to be able to FORGIVE student loans and taxes owed by disabled and elderly people who do NOT have savings or stock options or interest income. I get $708.00 a month and have NOW a new $88 a month premium due for Medicare and 5 $35.00 co-pays due this month alone!
I am disabled and on Social Security Disability. I qualify to have my student loan dismissed but have no doctor willing to sign the papers. The statement from Social Security that says "We find you to be fully and completely disabled as of (date)." ought to be good enough. I have already paid back nearly every penny I borrowed but still have a bill for more than twice that amount. I do not get a penny of credit for any payment. One payment, which was a tax refund years ago, was for $1184.00 and I didn't even get credit for that. Instead they ADDED $1184.00 to the bill as a FEE and then demanded $1184.00 a MONTH at a time when my only income was a little over $500 a month with rent and utilities leaving less than $20.00 a week for food and occasional bus ride home from work. I have been paying every month for over 3 years and they got the $300 stimulus check. I got NO credit for that. I was told they didn't HAVE to give me credit for that because it wasn't a "voluntary" payment. I wholeheartedly disagree with that statement. I HAD TO FILL OUT THE PAPER to get it and THAT was VOLUNTARY! If this COUNTRY can forgive trillions of dollars of debt owed by other countries and bail out millionaire and billionaire bankers, they ought to be able to FORGIVE student loans and taxes owed by disabled and elderly people who do NOT have savings or stock options or interest income. I get $708.00 a month and have NOW a new $88 a month premium due for Medicare and 5 $35.00 co-pays due this month alone!
# 288:
7:13 pm PST, Jan 11,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 287:
6:45 pm PST, Jan 9,
Amy Simard, Rhode Island
I graduated Salve Regina University in 2008. I have a full time job, and have been un able to attain a second job. I currently owe $100,000 in student loan debt. Despite my best efforts in trying to give these loan companies money, I still defaulted on one of my loans, and barely managed to get the others into their final term of forbarence. I need help. At the age of twenty five I am living at home with my parents who are nice enough to let me stay with out giving them rent to help pay for the house. I can not start a family with my boyfriend who I would love to marry but can't since I can't even afford to rent an appartment with four people involved let alone me and him. At this point I belive going to college was the biggest mistake of my life, and it shouldn't be. I went to college for a better life, and I got a worse one out of it. As it stands I will never have a life or a future, and it seems as if I will never bring new life into this world because I'm too responsible for that. Please, help me and others in similar situations. I don't belive it's fair that you'll bail out banks and people who are in the country illegally and allow for so many people to slip through the cracks with no way out. Thank you for your time, please take these words with grave concideration.
I graduated Salve Regina University in 2008. I have a full time job, and have been un able to attain a second job. I currently owe $100,000 in student loan debt. Despite my best efforts in trying to give these loan companies money, I still defaulted on one of my loans, and barely managed to get the others into their final term of forbarence. I need help. At the age of twenty five I am living at home with my parents who are nice enough to let me stay with out giving them rent to help pay for the house. I can not start a family with my boyfriend who I would love to marry but can't since I can't even afford to rent an appartment with four people involved let alone me and him. At this point I belive going to college was the biggest mistake of my life, and it shouldn't be. I went to college for a better life, and I got a worse one out of it. As it stands I will never have a life or a future, and it seems as if I will never bring new life into this world because I'm too responsible for that. Please, help me and others in similar situations. I don't belive it's fair that you'll bail out banks and people who are in the country illegally and allow for so many people to slip through the cracks with no way out. Thank you for your time, please take these words with grave concideration.
# 286:
1:18 pm PST, Jan 8,
Shante Pitts, Florida
# 285:
12:27 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Ohio
I am a Community Health Graduate from a public college in OH. Because of the fact that I am a first-generation college student, I was told by everyone in my family to stay ins chool "no matter the situation". 70K in student loan debt later, I have am regretting my situation. I wish there was a way for students, old and new to have their student loans forgiven so that they will not be int he same situation as I; regretting that I've ever stepped foot on a college campus. I know people without degrees, who are on public assistance, doing nothing with their lives that have more spending money than me due to my student loans.
I am a Community Health Graduate from a public college in OH. Because of the fact that I am a first-generation college student, I was told by everyone in my family to stay ins chool "no matter the situation". 70K in student loan debt later, I have am regretting my situation. I wish there was a way for students, old and new to have their student loans forgiven so that they will not be int he same situation as I; regretting that I've ever stepped foot on a college campus. I know people without degrees, who are on public assistance, doing nothing with their lives that have more spending money than me due to my student loans.
# 284:
5:05 pm PST, Jan 5,
Benjamin Slayton, South Carolina
I signed a promisory note in 2004 not knowing what I was doing. The financial Aid people at NGU didn't give me good counceling on the terms of the loan, but assurred me that I was getting a good deal. I was not required to read anything. I was told it was a good deal. A couple of years later, I read the terms of the loan and it terrified me. I hive High-Functioning Autsim and that makes it very difficult for me to hold a job. These loans are nothing short of slavery. I cannot get a job in this market and I lay awake worrying about the debt I have.
I signed a promisory note in 2004 not knowing what I was doing. The financial Aid people at NGU didn't give me good counceling on the terms of the loan, but assurred me that I was getting a good deal. I was not required to read anything. I was told it was a good deal. A couple of years later, I read the terms of the loan and it terrified me. I hive High-Functioning Autsim and that makes it very difficult for me to hold a job. These loans are nothing short of slavery. I cannot get a job in this market and I lay awake worrying about the debt I have.
# 282:
6:44 pm PST, Dec 25,
KimLy Keeton, Indiana
# 281:
12:45 pm PST, Dec 22,
Erika Himmelberger, Massachusetts
I have always paid my student loan on time and it is not even a high loan only about 5,000 dollars. Recently I moved overseas and was laid off and had to come home. I already took a huge pay cut their and my ex-husbands support payments were up so now I had to pay for repairs on my house by myself so all my saved money went to things like fixing a hole in my roof. When they sent it to collection the agency they sent it to involved itself in illegal activities like calling my neighbors whom I never even talk to and asking them if I still lived in my home which I've lived in for about 5 years now. I have no outstanding credit cards and I own my own car. Now I have fallen on hard times because of the government like so many others and I am being punished and treated like a common criminal
I have always paid my student loan on time and it is not even a high loan only about 5,000 dollars. Recently I moved overseas and was laid off and had to come home. I already took a huge pay cut their and my ex-husbands support payments were up so now I had to pay for repairs on my house by myself so all my saved money went to things like fixing a hole in my roof. When they sent it to collection the agency they sent it to involved itself in illegal activities like calling my neighbors whom I never even talk to and asking them if I still lived in my home which I've lived in for about 5 years now. I have no outstanding credit cards and I own my own car. Now I have fallen on hard times because of the government like so many others and I am being punished and treated like a common criminal
# 280:
11:26 am PST, Dec 7,
Name not displayed, New York
# 279:
2:37 pm PST, Dec 5,
Melissa Foos, Ohio
# 278:
10:13 am PST, Dec 4,
Name not displayed, New York
# 277:
1:56 pm PST, Dec 1,
Tim Boyette, Florida
It seems that government is either bailing everyone else out or at least considering it. Why not those with student loans.
It seems that government is either bailing everyone else out or at least considering it. Why not those with student loans.
# 276:
8:21 am PST, Nov 29,
Meredith Gantt, New York
My name is Meredith.I have worked for 19 years and was paying off my student loan.Now am jobless as of 10/2008.My student loan is on hold and i wish to continue my education to become a nurse.Am a widow as of 8/2002, 3 children and am trying my best.But i need help.
My name is Meredith.I have worked for 19 years and was paying off my student loan.Now am jobless as of 10/2008.My student loan is on hold and i wish to continue my education to become a nurse.Am a widow as of 8/2002, 3 children and am trying my best.But i need help.
# 275:
9:14 am PST, Nov 27,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 274:
12:27 am PST, Nov 17,
David Tsosie, Arizona
# 273:
12:30 am PST, Nov 15,
Cal Mendelsohn, New York
# 272:
11:33 pm PST, Nov 14,
Alice Diane, New Jersey
# 271:
9:49 pm PST, Nov 14,
James Platt, Missouri
everyone i know who has had a student loan has been screwed over later by the dept. of education and their unfair collection practices/ exhorbitant interest rates and 'fees'.
everyone i know who has had a student loan has been screwed over later by the dept. of education and their unfair collection practices/ exhorbitant interest rates and 'fees'.
# 270:
10:06 am PST, Nov 13,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 269:
9:19 am PST, Nov 7,
Jessica Hartley, Michigan
I don't understand how the US has managed to fall so far behind other countries in regards to so many things. England bailed out their banks but unlike us they made those banks help out the people in return. If you live in Germany you go to college for free, our students flounder in debt. Even the French are ahead, universal health care, they even require all workers get 5 weeks vacation min. a year. It seems like this country is falling apart. Too many people stuck in their ways, not willing to make changes for the better. Afraid to take risks. How sad.
I don't understand how the US has managed to fall so far behind other countries in regards to so many things. England bailed out their banks but unlike us they made those banks help out the people in return. If you live in Germany you go to college for free, our students flounder in debt. Even the French are ahead, universal health care, they even require all workers get 5 weeks vacation min. a year. It seems like this country is falling apart. Too many people stuck in their ways, not willing to make changes for the better. Afraid to take risks. How sad.
# 268:
8:02 am PST, Nov 4,
Name not displayed, New York
For the next 20 years, I will have to continue to spend a minimum of $1450.00 monthly on outstanding student loan debt. The interest rates contribute to the amount of debt, so that it is even more difficult to pay down my balances. Furthermore, the private banks overlent money to me, for additional living expenses, but allowing a young adult with a $12,000/yr salary to be given $170,000 in funding for education is irresponsible on the part of the bank. Thus far, I have only been paying interest, and I have calculated that I have paid $50,000 in interest and no principal. That money, and all future monies could instead be used to drive the economy by fueling the housing, tourist, automotive, and retail industries. Please allow for student loans to be eligible for dissolution.
For the next 20 years, I will have to continue to spend a minimum of $1450.00 monthly on outstanding student loan debt. The interest rates contribute to the amount of debt, so that it is even more difficult to pay down my balances. Furthermore, the private banks overlent money to me, for additional living expenses, but allowing a young adult with a $12,000/yr salary to be given $170,000 in funding for education is irresponsible on the part of the bank. Thus far, I have only been paying interest, and I have calculated that I have paid $50,000 in interest and no principal. That money, and all future monies could instead be used to drive the economy by fueling the housing, tourist, automotive, and retail industries. Please allow for student loans to be eligible for dissolution.
# 267:
11:45 am PST, Nov 2,
Wendy Johnson, North Carolina
I am a school teacher that works in a low income school. Ive been there 10 years serving children in poverty areas that deserve and education. I often use my own money to provide things for them yet I barely can make it on my own because of what teachers make and I have to pay back loans for my education. I didn't meet guidelines for a Teacher Loan Forgiveness program by $2000 dollars because I had borrowed it 1 month prior to the October 1,1998 deadline thus the remaining $16,000 dollars I borrowed, after that date, they will not forgive. I feel disheartened that I am using my education to make this country a better place and am giving back yet the government cannot forgive the balance. I don't understand how they will forgive monies owed by car companies but not help a teacher of the future leaders of our country. Please consider forgiving student loans to help our country flourish!
I am a school teacher that works in a low income school. Ive been there 10 years serving children in poverty areas that deserve and education. I often use my own money to provide things for them yet I barely can make it on my own because of what teachers make and I have to pay back loans for my education. I didn't meet guidelines for a Teacher Loan Forgiveness program by $2000 dollars because I had borrowed it 1 month prior to the October 1,1998 deadline thus the remaining $16,000 dollars I borrowed, after that date, they will not forgive. I feel disheartened that I am using my education to make this country a better place and am giving back yet the government cannot forgive the balance. I don't understand how they will forgive monies owed by car companies but not help a teacher of the future leaders of our country. Please consider forgiving student loans to help our country flourish!
# 266:
8:36 am PDT, Oct 30,
Kristne Furforo, New York
# 265:
4:34 pm PDT, Oct 19,
Sarah Zay, Wisconsin
# 264:
6:10 pm PDT, Oct 6,
Edwrd Urspringer, California
# 263:
7:57 am PDT, Sep 30,
Brian Joseph, Tennessee
# 262:
6:51 am PDT, Sep 28,
Jillian Fuqua, Oklahoma
# 261:
1:33 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, Oklahoma
This would allow me to help my daughter with my granddaughters medical bills.
This would allow me to help my daughter with my granddaughters medical bills.
# 260:
11:58 am PDT, Sep 27,
Brandy Inman, Oklahoma
# 259:
11:15 am PDT, Sep 27,
Megan Henson, Oklahoma
# 258:
9:58 am PDT, Sep 25,
Carl Rosenstock, Wisconsin
# 257:
11:11 am PDT, Sep 18,
Junart Sodoy, Texas
Attention needs to shift from welfare of the banks to welfare of the students. Otherwise, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a dramatic spike in the number of people defaulting on their student loans.
Attention needs to shift from welfare of the banks to welfare of the students. Otherwise, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a dramatic spike in the number of people defaulting on their student loans.
# 256:
12:20 pm PDT, Sep 16,
Nikki Hilliard Penny, Washington
# 255:
9:30 pm PDT, Sep 14,
Name not displayed, Missouri
I realize when a student signs a promissory note they fully expect to earn the wages to repay the indebtedness. This expectation is based on the promises they receive from the recruiting staff at the prospective school. After graduation, these graduates are offered jobs at wages just above the poverty level. And, they are expected to begin repaying the student loans that were so easy to obtain. I do believe that most fully intend to make the payments as soon as they are employed. The reality is they are unable to make the high payments because the amount they earn is not the wage of an experienced employee but the much lower amount of trainee. We need to do something to forbear or forgive some of these loans. Let us call it an "investment" in our country's future. We write off the amount today so the new graduates can become productive employees and begin paying more in taxes that will also increase the quality of life for everyone in our country. It should not be all that difficult to come up with an equitable formula that would be fair to everyone. Perhaps forgive a higher amount for those who become teachers, or police officers or firefighters or in the medical field? Stop requiring them to teach in so-called "under privileged" schools. Embrace everyone of them who teaches anywhere! Embrace everyone of them who enters law enforcement; or medical fields. These career paths are valuable in every community throughout our country. Regardless of whether the new teacher is at elementary level, secondary or higher education, they are performing a very valuable service to our whole country. Regardless of whether they are a police officer in New York or New Orleans, or Beverly Hills, this is a valuable service to everyone of us. Let us find a way to reward their chosen profession by forgiving them the student loans they used to obtain their career. As a community, as a country, we will ALL benefit and prosper.
I realize when a student signs a promissory note they fully expect to earn the wages to repay the indebtedness. This expectation is based on the promises they receive from the recruiting staff at the prospective school. After graduation, these graduates are offered jobs at wages just above the poverty level. And, they are expected to begin repaying the student loans that were so easy to obtain. I do believe that most fully intend to make the payments as soon as they are employed. The reality is they are unable to make the high payments because the amount they earn is not the wage of an experienced employee but the much lower amount of trainee. We need to do something to forbear or forgive some of these loans. Let us call it an "investment" in our country's future. We write off the amount today so the new graduates can become productive employees and begin paying more in taxes that will also increase the quality of life for everyone in our country. It should not be all that difficult to come up with an equitable formula that would be fair to everyone. Perhaps forgive a higher amount for those who become teachers, or police officers or firefighters or in the medical field? Stop requiring them to teach in so-called "under privileged" schools. Embrace everyone of them who teaches anywhere! Embrace everyone of them who enters law enforcement; or medical fields. These career paths are valuable in every community throughout our country. Regardless of whether the new teacher is at elementary level, secondary or higher education, they are performing a very valuable service to our whole country. Regardless of whether they are a police officer in New York or New Orleans, or Beverly Hills, this is a valuable service to everyone of us. Let us find a way to reward their chosen profession by forgiving them the student loans they used to obtain their career. As a community, as a country, we will ALL benefit and prosper.
# 254:
10:50 pm PDT, Sep 13,
Name not displayed, Montana
# 253:
10:24 am PDT, Sep 7,
Erica Thomas, Georgia
Sallie Mae informed me that I will have to pay 1100/month on my student loans. I just graduated in December 2008, where do I suppose to get this kind of money! They offer no other options but a very expensive forberance for only 3 months for 150.00. These people are a rip off and something should be done!!!
Sallie Mae informed me that I will have to pay 1100/month on my student loans. I just graduated in December 2008, where do I suppose to get this kind of money! They offer no other options but a very expensive forberance for only 3 months for 150.00. These people are a rip off and something should be done!!!
# 252:
1:58 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Tracey Mathews, California
After a series of medical emergencies, I have managed to graduate with my undergraduate degree, and have been work 3 jobs to pay off $64,000 in students loans. I was teaching in CA, when I was laid off. Help allow us to deduct all interest or forgive debt.
After a series of medical emergencies, I have managed to graduate with my undergraduate degree, and have been work 3 jobs to pay off $64,000 in students loans. I was teaching in CA, when I was laid off. Help allow us to deduct all interest or forgive debt.
# 251:
5:54 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Andrew Klumper, Washington
