Trump’s Betsy DeVos makes student debt worse

This 15 September 2019 video from the USA says about itself:

Betsy DeVos Gives Students Middle Finger

Betsy DeVos wants to rob students, not help them. Ana Kasparian, Emma Vigeland, and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.

“Congress created a temporary student loan forgiveness program for public servants but the Department of Education, headed by Secretary Betsy DeVos, has rejected 99 percent of applicants, according to a government watchdog report.

Congress created an expansion program last year after complaints that the existing Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which provides student debt relief for borrowers in certain public service jobs, failed to help enough people.”

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BETSY DEVOS MIGHT OUTLAST THEM ALL HuffPost spoke with over a dozen people about Betsy DeVos’ longevity in Trump’s Cabinet, including former colleagues at the Department of Education, former co-workers in the advocacy space, and several political opponents who continue to root for her downfall. She remains one of the most reviled figures in an unpopular administration — but she’s still standing. [HuffPost]

CONGRESS ASKED TO INVESTIGATE BETSY DEVOS A progressive government watchdog nonprofit group is asking Congress to investigate whether Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had any involvement in her brother’s efforts to spy on a Michigan teachers union, HuffPost has learned. In 2017, DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, recruited an ex-spy to infiltrate a Michigan office of the American Federation of Teachers, The New York Times reported over the weekend. [HuffPost]