The Bank On Students Loan Fairness Act

[Cheryl Nelson]

Below is an email from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren recently introduced the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act in the Senate and started a petition on MoveOn's public petition website, formerly called SignOn.org.

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Wall Street banks should not be getting a better interest rate on their government loans than young people trying to go to college. Join me

Dear Cheryl,

The biggest banks in the country—the ones that wrecked our economy and cost millions of Americans their jobs—pay next to nothing on the debt they owe the government, while students pay nine times as much. That isn't right.

That's why I've introduced the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act to let students take advantage of the same low rates offered to banks for one year while Congress finds a fair, long-term solution on student loan interest rates. 

Will you add your voice in support of giving students the same deal as big banks? Click here to sign the petition.

The interest rate on federal subsidized Stafford student loans is set to increase from 3.4% to 6.8% on July 1st. If Congress doesn't act soon, millions of college students will see their student loan payments jump.

Some argue that it's too expensive to keep government loans at low interest rates, but the federal government makes low interest loans all the time—just not to everyone. Big banks can borrow money through the Federal Reserve discount window at a rate of about 0.75%. 

That's why I started a petition on MoveOn's petition site which says: 

Wall Street banks—the ones that wrecked our economy—should not be getting a better interest rate on their government loans than young people trying to go to college.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Unlike the big banks, students don't have armies of lobbyists and lawyers. But they do have us. 

Let's do what's right and bank on students.

Thanks!

–Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator

This petition was created on MoveOn Petitions Political Action Edition (formerly called SignOn.org Election Edition), where anyone can start their own online petitions. Senator Elizabeth Warren didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.

[Cheryl Nelson]

One of the many, many things that needs to change.

Veterans shouldn't be homeless or treated like dirt, either.

[Byron wilkins]

Making a profit on the backs of students should be a crime in any civilized country. If we stopped sending aid to countries that want to kill us and funding war we would have free education and healthcare.