Friday. New Data. It's BAD...

Hey Everyone! 
The new Dept of Education student loan data is very bad!  (or maybe good depending on your outlook :-) )
Non-payment rates are getting significantly worse, even from last quarter...and defaults are exploding.  I expect this trend to continue.  The lending system is very much in catastrophic failure.
I get that everyone is stressing over their own loans.  But banging your head against the wall is not fighting...it helps no one, especially you!  We need you fighting.  Towards that end:

• Please get us into a meeting with your House Representative.  We can do most/all of the talking if needed.
• Repost this, this and this.

Finally, we are trying VERY hard to knock out our Gofundme, which keeps this group alive and fighting for you.  Will you PLEASE pitch something into it so we can finally knock it out?  We're 82% completed...so we're close.  Please help to push us over the finish line? Donating through the normal channels is great, too.  Please make this incredibly difficult fundraising a bit easier on us, folks.  
I'm glad to report that we're interviewed in a number of upcoming national, and international news stories.  Stay tuned.  Also, see these interview we did with Rad Futures, and also this "Semi-Quincentennial" interview we did with Cynthia Pooler. 
The Congressional meetings are going well, btw.  So much is happening right now.  We are really kicking butt! 
Please do your part.  We need you in this fight more than ever right now. 
WE GOT THIS.  STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.  YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
-Alan