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5/14/2024 Help W/ This.Folks-
We’re needing to raise $50 today for an overdue insurance bill. Will you please help? http://www.studentloanjustice.org/donate.html I hate to have to lead with this, but it can't wait. Plz help if you can? Plz make this fundraising easier on us! Today’s action: A VERY DANGEROUS FAA Re-Authorization bill has passed the Senate and is now in the house where it almost certainly will pass. The bill contains language that would both kill the Secretary’s power to cancel loans broadly, and also raise the amount that can be borrowed to over $100,000 for undergrads. The language may apply to far more than just Flight School students. Apparently, this is the new “bipartisanship” (the Republicans wanted the first thing, the Democrats wanted the second thing). It’s the worst of both worlds for us, and it’s happening. See Sunday's Livestream about it- We really need you in this fight, folks. Have a Great Day- Alan
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5/12/2024 Sunday Request Ladies and Gentlemen-
Today we are asking everyone receiving this email to please donate $10 or more at this time to fund our operations for the coming week. Will you please help? This is extremely critical. http://www.studentloanjustice.org/donate.html *** I'm doing a special Livestream tonight at 7pm EST for our Presidential Campaign, and also giving an important update on the student loan situation. You'll definitely want to see it. You can see at our Twitter page! To those of you who don’t know me: I'm 54 years old. I've spent nearly my entire adult life fighting for student loan justice, at a massive personal cost. I live in what was a decades-long-abandoned building in the woods in North Wisconsin which has no working plumbing, a badly leaking roof, and many other deficiencies, particularly during the coldest winter months. I have no healthcare, no retirement savings, don't take welfare or any other public assistance, and struggle constantly to even pay the phone/heat/internet bill every month. Nonetheless, I fight. Every day. For you. For Student Loan Justice. Because our group refuses to do deals with bad people, won’t sell our members out to the student loan industry, or do other bad things for money that would corrupt our mission, it has been, is now, and probably will be very financially difficult for us to operate for the foreseeable future. I won’t bore you with the details of the hardships this has brought over the years. Suffice it to say it’s been rough. But necessary. I wake up every day…EVERY day…and for nearly every waking hour fight this battle, because it must be fought, and literally no one else in this country is actually fighting it. Those darkest days are (hopefully) behind us now, and our group is much stronger for them. I actually feel very privileged to be fighting for this very necessary and noble cause.Our group has, in fact, led the national, public discourse on student loans for the past 20 years, but particularly in recent years, and that is remarkable, given the hurdles we’ve faced. Make no mistake: But for this group, our decades-long efforts, our petition, and so much else, student loan cancellation by executive order would have never become a national issue. But for this group we would not have seen- and will not see- meaningful bankruptcy legislation in Congress. Do you not know this? Please just google this group and go back 20 years to see for yourself. I don’t complain, but a little help to ensure that this group, all that we've achieved- and all that we are poised to accomplish- doesn't disappear from existence for lack of the nominal funding we need to continue is of paramount importance to me. A little support from the members towards that end doesn't strike me as expecting too much. Do you NOT see how hard I, and others are fighting? Do you not see how MUCH we have accomplished? Do you not see how close we are, now to FINALLY getting this thing done? Do you NOT get how discouraging it is for us to see so much APATHY out there, from the very people who we are fighting SO HARD FOR? Do you NOT appreciate all of this that we’ve done for you, even a little bit? To those of you who have been helping in this historic fight (you know who you are) with financial support (and most significantly, your actions): you know I appreciate, respect, and salute you to no end. We are truly the pioneers, and history will judge us most favorably. To everyone else, I can only implore you to take this battle, and this group, more seriously going forward. We are literally the only group in the country that is fighting this battle as it must be fought. This could go very well for us, but at the same time, it could go horribly bad. For ALL of us. The stakes- your stakes- are extremely high right now. The other groups in this space have all made deals with the student loan industry that guarantees they will never actually solve this problem, but rather will only perpetuate it and exploit it. This has become a very big fight. We can and MUST win this. It really is up to us! So Please…Will You Just Help? We have a HUGE CHALLENGE ahead with this fight, and with the presidential campaign. You'll be glad you did- See you tonight at 7pm EST! Alan 5/10/2024 Friday Action!Ladies and Gentlemen-
The battle is raging right now on all fronts. We need 8 people to donate $20 or more this week. Will you please help? It would be exceptionally helpful at this time. Great thanks to Joan, Greg, Cynthia, Madeline, and Donald for their recent contributions! Lots of shameful stuff going on right now against us, reflected in today’s action: We really need to hold the bad guys accountable folks. If we don’t, they'll bury us. *** Special Note for those of you who don't know me or this group: I'm 54 years old. I've spent nearly my entire adult life fighting for student loan justice, at a massive personal cost. I live in what was a decades-long-abandoned building in the woods in North Wisconsin which has no working plumbing, a badly leaking roof, and many other deficiencies, particularly during the coldest winter months. I have no healthcare, no retirement savings, don't take welfare or any other public assistance, and struggle constantly to even pay the phone/heat/internet bill every month. But nonetheless, I fight. Every day. For you. For Student Loan Justice. Because I refuse to do deals with bad people, won’t sell our members out to the student loan industry, or do other bad things for money that would corrupt our mission, it has been, is now, and probably will be very financially difficult for us to operate for the foreseeable future. I won’t bore you with the details of the hardships this has brought over the years. Suffice it to say it’s been rough. But necessary. I wake up every day…EVERY day…and for nearly every waking hour fight this battle, because it must be fought, and literally no one else in this country is actually fighting it. Those darkest days are (hopefully) behind me now, and our group is much stronger for them. I am actually privileged to be fighting for this very necessary and noble cause.Our group has, in fact, led the national, public discourse on student loans for the past 20 years, but particularly in recent years, and that is remarkable, given the hurdles we’ve faced. Make no mistake: But for this group, our decades-long efforts, our petition, and so much else, student loan cancellation by executive order would have never become a national issue. But for this group we would not have seen- and will not see- meaningful bankruptcy legislation in Congress. Do you not know this? Please just google this group and go back 20 years to see for yourself. I don’t complain, but a little help to ensure that this group, all that we've achieved- and all that we are poised to accomplish- doesn't disappear from existence for lack of the nominal funding we need to continue is of paramount importance to me. A little support from the members towards that end doesn't strike me as expecting too much. Do you NOT see how hard I, and others are fighting? Do you not see how MUCH we have accomplished? Do you not see how close we are, now to FINALLY getting this thing done? Do you NOT get how discouraging it is for us to see so much APATHY out there, from the very people who we are fighting SO HARD FOR? Do you NOT appreciate all of this that we’ve done for you, even a little bit? To those of you who have been helping in this historic fight (you know who you are) with financial support (and most significantly, your actions): you know I appreciate, respect, and salute you to no end. We are truly the pioneers, and history will judge us most favorably. To everyone else, I can only implore you to take this battle, and this group, more seriously going forward. We are literally the only group in the country that is fighting this battle as it must be fought. This could go very well for us, but at the same time, it could go horribly bad. For ALL of us. The stakes- your stakes- are extremely high right now. The other groups in this space have all made deals with the student loan industry that guarantees they will never actually solve this problem, but rather will only perpetuate it and exploit it. This has become a very big fight. We can and MUST win this. It really is up to us! So Please…Will You Just Help? Sincerely, Alan 5/8/2024 Lies being told about student loans. Hey Everyone-
Great thanks to Rhonda, Barbara, Marjorie, Naida, Jasmah, Kathryn, Donald, Jorge, Lisa, Anne Marie, Jeannie, Elena and Michelle for their recent donation. We now need 14 people to donate $20 or more right now. Will you please help? Plz make this fundraising a bit easier on us- Today’s action:
Also, if you happen to be a blue-collar worker (ie you work with your hands doing labor) and you’re willing to be interviewed, please let me know! Can we all plz fight especially hard this week? Alan Hey Everyone-
Great thanks to Donald, Jorge, Lisa, Anne Marie, Jeannie, Elena, Jerome, Sophia, Nathan, Victoria, and Zena and Michelle for their recent donations…We need 36 people to donate $10 or more right now. Will you please chip-in so we can focus on the fight? We were featured on Twitter over the weekend, so our efforts to combat all the OUTRIGHT LIES being told about us right now seems to be starting (just starting) to work. To that end: Also, if you happen to be a blue-collar worker (ie you work with your hands doing labor) and you’re willing to be interviewed, please let me know! No one- certainly no other group- is going to fight this fight but us. We have enough people to really solve this problem, but that only happens when everyone jumps into the fight, and starts throwing some punches! Come on. Get in this fight. Alan 5/5/2024 Trending on TwitterGood Sunday All-
Great thanks to Jerome, Sophia, Nathan, Victoria, Zena, Dori, Lisa, and Michelle for their donations yesterday…really helped us out of a tight spot! We’ll need 35 people to donate $20 or more for this coming week. Will you please help us knock this out so we can focus on the fight? We are featured on Twitter yesterday, which is good. Our efforts to combat all the disinformation out there right now seems to be starting to work. To that end: Also, if you happen to be a blue-collar worker (ie you work with your hands doing labor) and you’re willing to be interviewed, please let me know- I hope you understand how important our group is, and how no one is going to fight this fight but us. We have enough people to really solve this problem, but that only happens when everyone jumps into the action! Sincerely, Alan 5/4/2024 A New Front in the BattleHey Everyone!
There’s been a new wrinkle in the battle for student loan justice. See yesterday’s brief live stream about it. Today’s action:
We REALLY need you in this fight right now, folks.We'll get buried in nonsense without your help! I truly hope this fact is not lost on you. Please help- -Alan 5/2/2024 Thursday BlitzEveryone:
We’re coming after Elon Musk, Joe Biden, Trump, and others today! Good article here about our own Christina. Good shout out for us from Matt Taibbi here. Also, we’ll be on Pacifica Radio soon. We still need to raise $250 by week’s end, folks. Will you help? Sorry to have to lead with this. Will you help? Great Thanks to Ayana, Brittany, Pam, Seth, Cynthia, Martha, David, Faith, Donald, Christine, Lois, Edward, Audrey, Candis, Jennifer, Jodi, Khadijah and John, for their recent contributions! We REALLY need you in this fight right now, folks. I truly hope this fact is not lost on you. Please, please help- -Alan |