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@ElizabethEiler@universeodon.com · Feb 12, 2026
@libraonfire.bsky.social I’m 58. I guess I’ll be working until I’m in my 70’s to pay off predatory student loans. Or the Feds will just garnish my Social Security. I’ve been paying for 15 years and probably owe more than I borrowed due to compounding interest. #studentloans
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Very noteworthy how most of these professions are typically female-gendered in US culture. Also, it completely misses the point that a profession is an occupation REGULATED BY A STATUTORY BODY with sp
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@JdeBP@mastodon.scot · Nov 21, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop This one is undergoing Telephone Game alterations as it passes around social media. What's actually happening is that #DonaldJTrump's new "big beautiful" law said that only "professional students" can have certain levels of student loans, and the RISE committee of the USDOE is having a bit of a barney about what "professional degrees" qualify for this because of a wording mis-match. https://ed.gov/media/document/rise-2025-loan-limit-definitions-lily-112447.pdf https://law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/1087e#a_4 https://law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/34/668.2 #USPolitics #StudentLoans
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