[BREAKING] @AFTunion@theSBPC have accused student loan giant @MOHELA of illegal student loan servicing, demanding the company end its scheme to block Biden's effort to #CancelStudentDebt.
Today's action comes 24 hours before right-wing Missouri @AGEricSchmitt heads to federal court on behalf of @MOHELA, asking a judge to halt debt cancellation for 40M Americans.
The injury MOHELA allegedly suffered?
"Imminent loss of revenue" because millions are debt-free.
This is, plainly put, un-American.
Imagine if a military contractor like Raytheon or General Dynamics ran into federal court because their executives opposed America's promise to send weapons to Ukraine.
We don't let federal contractors dictate public policy for good reason.
Unfortunately for MOHELA, this scheme runs headlong into California's Student Borrower Bill of Rights.
This 2020 law bans companies like @MOHELA from substantially interfering with borrowers "right to...loan forgiveness" under federal law.
For as long as I've been in DC, companies like Missouri's student loan company @MOHELA and their lobbyists at @ncher_us@EFCTweets@SLSAorg fought tooth & nail to keep people trapped in debt and shield industry from justice.
Why do they have power? Why do they exist at all?
Before Congress ran banks out of student lending, state governments created private companies like @MOHELA to buy up loans backed by the feds.
Congress ended the bank-based loan program in 2010.
Student loan companies like @MOHELA had no purpose. They were the walking dead.
Mounting evidence shows that Purdue's attention-loving president @purduemitch- former Republican governor & party hack- sold out students to pursue a right-wing fever dream.
Unfortunately for Mitch, @LifeAtPurdue broke a bunch of laws on the way. Now the walls are closing in.
The family @aarthiswami profiles has a shocking story:
“Feldman's son took out a $10,373 [income-share agreement] for the 2018-19...year, and a $29,491 ISA for the 2019-2020 year...That $39,864 loan ballooned to $99,660.50 as of January 2022.”