President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday to cancel the student loan debt of disabled veterans.
"Today I'm proud to announce that I am taking executive action to ensure that our wounded warriors are not saddled with mountains of student debt," Trump said in a speech at the AMVETS National Convention in Kentucky.A patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C.President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday to automatically cancel the student debt of tens of thousands of disabled veterans.
"Today I'm proud to announce that I am taking executive action to ensure that our wounded warriors are not saddled with mountains of student debt," Trump said in a speech at the AMVETS National Convention in Kentucky. "Nobody can complain about that, right?" More than 25,000 disabled veterans will have their student debt forgiven, Trump said. The average balance that will be erased is around $30,000. The president said veterans will not be required to pay federal taxes on their forgiven debt.
Disabled service members are already entitled to student debt forgiveness under the U.S. Education Department's
Good thing
It was approved long time ago by Obama administration. Maybe it needed fewer tweaks. That's it. Nothing new perse
I call bullshit, student loans are forgiven already under the Total and Permanent Disability discharge (TPD) provision of Social Security Disability Program. ConManTrump strikes again!!!!
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This would be amazing if it weren't for the fact that ANYONE who is permanently disabled already qualified for student loan forgiveness and that's been the case for a long time now. He literally did absolutely nothing new.
I wonder how Dems will find a way to make thid negative? 🤔
These disabled veterans have already given so much to their country (and to every American) that the country should do something like this for them. Well done.
...until he speaks to someone else and changes his mind. AnybodyButTrump2020
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Awesome
With what money?
Wait I got this for the older crowd who complains about this kind of thing religiously... 'I paid back my student loans why cant these people and didnt they already get money from their G.I. Bill?' Socialism
Campaign motivation.
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Nice that mean universal forgiveness is coming down the pipeline! BALLOUT!
Meh, bankruptcy already did it for all those who are disabled, not just veterans.
one nice gesture-
Good move.