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Good Monday All- We are at an important inflection point for this movement, folks. WE ARE CONSIDERING DOING ANOTHER NATIONWIDE "Bus Tour", where we meet with current and soon-to-be members of Congress in their districts, local media, and do speaking engagements, etc. These have proven to be effective in year's past. Our first tour resulted in the Student Loan Sunsine Act, which passed, and was Ted Kennedy's final legislative effort. Our second tour in 2018 resulted in a very good bankruptcy bill. Now is the right time to do another one. This tour will, literally, be on a greyhound or other low-cost bus to save on expense, and staying at cheap motels/with members along the way. What do you think?! If you see the value in this, and can help us on the ground where you live, please let me know. Better yet, please contribute something to make it happen. I funded our first tour largely out of my own pocket, but can no longer do that. I estimate we'll need to raise about $10- $20,000 extra to make it happen, which is the equivalent of everyone getting this email contributing $20. Gofundme Normal Channels No one is going to fight this battle for us, folks. I hope you understand that, and that you will help. See the tour blog from our very first tour here! We need to do this, folks. Now is the time. It will happen when you make it happen. This is not a "watch it happen" movement...it's a "make it happen" struggle- PLEASE LET ME KNOW- -Alan Collinge
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SEND A MESSAGE LIKE THIS TO THE PRESIDENT. DO IT RIGHT NOW. Takes 2 minutes. Blood is in the water. Also send a similar message the the Republican Chiefs of Staff of members of Congress in your state! Whitehouse.gov/contact https://studentloanjustice.org/chiefs-of-staff.html ============================================ PLEASE ESCALATE. ------------------------------ Mr. President, This is the masterstroke that will preserve your legacy and the Republican Party: 1. Tell your Congress, while you have it, to return bankruptcy protections, immediately, to federal student loans, and include a 1% endowment tax on the wealthiest universities to pay for it. 2. Scrap the current student loan bankruptcy process implemented by your predecessor, and announce that your Departments of Education and Justice will cease opposing student loan borrowers in bankruptcy court while Congress passes the legislation. Obviously, you must do this now, while you can. Nearly 20% of the GOP base have these loans, and 85% of them are hopelessly underwater. Nearly 40 million Americans of all political stripes are in a similar position, and the Democrats betrayed them all under Biden. These people vote. They voted this week. This is the master-stroke that you need to revitalize your Presidency and your party. You have been very badly counseled on the student loan issue. Stop listening to whoever is giving you advice. They are obviously not on your side. You may be the only President with the courage to pull this off. But you must act now. Good Luck and Godspeed- ================================================ Please donate something also. We are very much up against us right now.  Everyone-
Well, we did everything humanly possible to get the Republicans and the President to do the right thing and return bankruptcy protections to student loans before the mid-terms, and they chose not to. Bad on them. They will pay a very heavy price tomorrow, probably like no mid-term defeat that we have seen in modern times. So be it. Our mission continues. I ask that you make it a point to get a call like this one onto C-span one morning in the next month. It will help. We have our work cut out for us going forward. The Republicans being vicious and evil don't make the Democrats good...they aren't. Remember, they betrayed us blatantly under Biden on both their promises to return bankruptcy to the loans, and on cancellation by executive action. I truly hope that you will make a personal commitment to yourself to actually fight this battle going forward. Our people are our only hope. I do have to urgently ask you to pitch in to our Gofundme or the normal channels. If even 300 people committed to a $5-$10 monthly donation, I wouldn't have to be constantly fund raising. This is the first group to ever exist fighting for student loan borrowers. We've paid our dues. We've proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are uncorrupted, and fighting only and absolutely for student loan borrowers. Unlike all the other groups. It is, truly, this group that is responsible for nearly all of the good bankruptcy legislation to happen over the past couple of decades, and it is this group (through this petition) that started the entire national conversation around cancelling student loans through executive actions. This group has done great things, and we will continue on that path, but only with your support. I hope you recognize the value in that, and will help. Godspeed, Alan 10/31/2026 SATURDAY. HAIL MARY. STUDENT LOAN JUSTICE... Happy Saturday, All- One of our members, Chris, asked me to post this: --------------------------------------- Dear fellow student loan borrowers, I graduated in 1992 with approximately $35,000 in student loan debt. Since then, I’ve paid $100,000+ — and, thanks to accrued interest capitalization, I still owe over $36,000! I’m not alone. Many of you have your own version of this story: years of payments, sacrifices, and a balance that just grows fatter along with student loan servicers. For more than eight(?) years, I’ve supported Alan Collinge and Student Loan Justice. I’ve made regular donations, and I’m now happily a monthly donor. Yet I still see Alan having to ask, week after week, for support for basic survival. We can change that together. I wish I could spend my days fighting the student loan system. But like most of us, I must work, pay my bills, and keep a roof over my head. What I can do is support someone who fights relentlessly on my behalf—and yours. We need our pistol-fisted General Patton on the battlefield, not scrambling to make rent. If you've seen the movie "Patton" you know the pistol reference and what kind of determination Patton had - and Alan has. Patton had a nation behind him. Alan has us. For me, $10 or $20 a month means skipping a couple cups of coffee-shop slop. That’s an easy trade to help keep Alan fighting for us. With thousands of people following this work, small monthly contributions can add up to dependable support. Just 100 people giving $10 a month would provide $1,000 every month. Imagine what broader participation could do—and how much less time Alan would have to spend asking for the next few hundred dollars. Some people simply cannot afford another monthly commitment. I understand that. This invitation is for those of us who can spare a little and want to turn our shared frustration into sustained action. Will you join me in contributing $10 or $20 a month—or whatever amount comfortably fits your budget? If you already donate, thank you. If you’ve been meaning to help, please consider making today the day you begin. We don’t each have to fight alone. We have a determined fighter in our corner. Let’s give him the support to keep going. Let’s do it—together. Gofundme normal channels ------------------------------------------------ This group is important. We are, literally, the ONLY uncorrupted group of significant size fighting for all student loan borrowers. If we disappear I see no real resistance to the student loan machine. Will you please just make this easier on us and help? Great thanks to Jerome, Chris, Marjorie, Suzanne, JB and Khadijah for their support over the past few days. We're pushing the Republicans today, including one last message to Trump before the midterms. Good things are happening. Our group is growing by hundreds of people per day. We're about to have a new Congress. The student loan scam gets weaker and weaker every day, despite how the media is reporting it. One bright spot: it's being reported that the Treasury Dept really doesn't want to start garnishing wages. The cracks in the foundation of this loan scam are becoming to great for even the media to ignore. If everyone in this group were fighting harder (or fighting at all), we'd be the force that finally solves this problem for everyone. This is truly what Democracy is, today- We're doing everything we can on this end, folks. There is every reason to be hopeful. I appreciate each and every one of you. God Speed- Alan  Good Thursday All-
We're pushing the Republicans today, including one last message to Trump before the midterms.They need to know how big the student loan borrower voting bloc actually is. That's where we come in.
Interestingly, it's being reported that the Treasury Dept really doesn't want to start garnishing wages. The cracks in the foundation of this loan scam are starting to show! If the people in this group were fighting harder, we'd be the force that finally solves this problem for everyone... God Speed- Alan 10/27/2026 Tuesday Action. Good Tuesday All-
We're pushing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Rand Paul, and the Republicans today. The die is basically cast for the mid-terms, and people need to know how big the student loan borrower voting bloc actually is. That's where we come in. I have to ask: Will you please re-up your support for our Gofundme, or the normal channels at this time? A recurring donation would be exceptionally helpful, and allow us to focus on the fight, rather than the fundraising. We currently need to raise $600 for this week's expenses. Will you please help? Great thanks to Wendy, Donald, Vincent, Kelly, Scott, Joyce, Christina, Rick, and Althea for their support over the weekend!! Please join them?! See this article from last month that we missed. Thanks to Jacque and others for stepping up to be interviewed. more press coverage coming! I suspect that a lot of us are going to soon be wishing they'd fought harder for bankruptcy leverage over the past year. Please help us get ahead of this, and help us fight for REAL going forward. It will help, we need you, and believe it or not, the country needs you to fight. God Speed- Alan Good Friday All-
We're pushing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Today. As hopefully you know the Treasury is taking over collections on defaulted loans as we speak. It could get brutal. Probably will. I happen to know, however, that Treasury never really wanted to take on this role in the first place, and I think Bessent is rather squeamish about the whole thing. That's where we come in. Please retweet this. We'll be rolling out a group email shortly. I have to urgently ask: Will you please re-up your support for our Gofundme, or the normal channels at this time? A recurring donation would be exceptionally helpful, and allow me to focus on the fight, rather than the fundraising. We currently need to raise $280 by the end of the weekend...please make this easier on us?! I am frankly still hopeful that Trump may do something before the mid-terms. Retweeting this and sending that message to make sure that they have student loans on their mind when they are eviscerated in November (if they do nothing) is very helpful. I suspect that a lot of us are going to soon be wishing they'd fought harder for bankruptcy leverage over the past year. Please get ahead of this loan beast, turn over a new leaf, and help us fight for REAL going forward. It will help, we need you, and believe it or not, the country needs you to fight. God Speed- Alan 10/20/2026 Tuesday Action... Everyone,
Two quick things today that will help immensely:
That's it. Make it happen. Let's Roll. 10/18/2026 This is it: TELL TRUMP TO RETURN BANKRUPTCY TO STUDENT LOANS BEFORE THE MID-TERMS. IMPORTANT. Everyone-
Will you please donate at this time? It is critical. A monthly, recurring donation would be exceptionally helpful. We need the equivalent of 30 people to pitch-in $20 or more for this coming week. I hate to ask, but I have to ask. Thanks to the few of you who have kicked in so far this month. Please join them? Plz take this action right now:
Godspeed- Alan ========== MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT =========== http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact Mr. President, You need to return bankruptcy protections to federal student loans before the mid-terms. This is urgent. -Scrap the "New Bankruptcy Process" initiated by your predecessor. -Instruct your Departments of Education/Justice to stop opposing student loan borrowers in bankruptcy proceedings. -Tell your Congress to repeal 11 USC 523(a) 8 -Call for a 0.1% endowment tax on the wealthiest colleges (with endowments exceeding $1 Billion) to cover the $6 Billion annual cost of this. The federal student loan program is in catastrophic failure, Mr. President. 37 million citizens- 85% of all borrowers- are hopelessly underwater on their loans. 70% are either republican or independent. This includes around 14% of the adult, GOP voting base. While none of these people want to file bankruptcy (and few ultimately will), all of them feel the predatory weight of this unconstitutional lending program on their shoulders. You know well the importance of uniform bankruptcy rights, Mr. President. It is an essential pillar of our country. The Founders called for uniform bankruptcy laws at the front of the Constitution for a very good reason. This is it. This predatory, hyper-inflationary, nationally threatening loan regime is precisely what the Founders wanted to avoid. You need an October Surprise Mr. President. This is it. There is no other action you can take in line with your principles that will bring more votes your way. 70% of Massie's constituents are strongly for this. So is Ron DeSantis, and more prominent conservatives than I can mention here. If you fail to act, the GOP will, frankly, be annihilated. Please do the right thing. This is your legacy. Good Luck and Godspeed- Everyone-
This is it. Our last week to meaningfully push Trump before the midterms. See last night's Livestream.
Godspeed- Alan ========== MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT =========== http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact Mr. President, You need to return bankruptcy protections to federal student loans before the mid-terms. This is urgent. -Scrap the "New Bankruptcy Process" initiated by your predecessor. -Instruct your Departments of Education/Justice to stop opposing student loan borrowers in bankruptcy proceedings. -Tell your Congress to repeal 11 USC 523(a) 8 -Call for a 0.1% endowment tax on the wealthiest colleges (with endowments exceeding $1 Billion) to cover the $6 Billion annual cost of this. The federal student loan program is in catastrophic failure, Mr. President. 37 million citizens- 85% of all borrowers- are hopelessly underwater on their loans. 70% are either republican or independent. This includes around 14% of the adult, GOP voting base. While none of these people want to file bankruptcy (and few ultimately will), all of them feel the predatory weight of this unconstitutional lending program on their shoulders. You know well the importance of uniform bankruptcy rights, Mr. President. It is an essential pillar of our country. The Founders called for uniform bankruptcy laws at the front of the Constitution for a very good reason. This is it. This predatory, hyper-inflationary, nationall threatening loan regime is precisely what the Founders want to avoid. You need an October Surprise Mr. President. This is it. There is no other action you can take in line with your principles that will bring more votes your way. 70% of Massie's constituents are strongly for this. So is Ron DeSantis, and more prominent conservatives than I can mention here. If you fail to act, the GOP will, frankly, be annihilated. Please do the right thing. This is your legacy. Good Luck and Godspeed- |