Nicnam
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Hi Everybody......Guess Who?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is prepping new executive steps to help Americans struggling to pay off their student debt, and throwing his support behind Senate Democratic legislation with a similar goal but potentially a much more profound impact.
Obama on Monday will announce he's expanding his "Pay As You Earn" program that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their monthly income in loan payments, the White House said. Currently, the program is only available to those who started borrowing after October 2007 and kept borrowing after October 2011. Obama plans to start allowing those who borrowed earlier to participate, potentially extending the benefit to millions more borrowers.
Obama also plans to announce he's directing the government to renegotiate contracts with federal student loan servicers to encourage them to make it easier for borrowers to avoid defaulting on their loans. And he will ask the Treasury and Education departments to work with major tax preparers, including H&R Block and the makers of TurboTax, to increase awareness about tuition tax credits and flexible repayment options available to borrowers.....snip~
Obama to take executive steps on student loans - AP News 6/7/2014 7:52 PM
How is this reducing their costs? Where is he stepping? What say ye?
I don't see where it changes the cost of schooling in any way nor the interest rate in which is put on these loans. The terms are clear when they sign the papers, just sad the cost of college goes up with each passing year.
I highly suggest sticking to close to home for college, at least for the first couple years as to not get in over your head.