Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers Could See Wages Garnished in Just Days

https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-of-student-loan-borrowers-could-see-wages-garnished-in-just-days-11317190

According to the NYT article[0] "about five million borrowers are in default" which means like 1.5% of the population is about to have 15% of their wages garnished. Seems pretty intense.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/student-loan-debtors-default-wages-garnish.html

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fort_burp@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 237d

To date, millions of borrowers are in default, which means they are 270 days past due on their payments.

Almost as if the system doesn't work. Not just the exorbitant price of education but the economy created by that system that doesn't have jobs available for those with qualifications.

sturmblast@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 237d

Get a degree, become a wage slave, reproduce, work, die

Grapho@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 237d

Widespread debt peonage, that's never gone wrong for any government