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Comment by islapfatkidz at 03/02/2025 at 14:16 UTC
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Bro democracy is in danger and you think worrying about FAFSA is unreasonable? Absolute madness.
Comment by Excellent_Egg5882 at 03/02/2025 at 14:18 UTC
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The Trump Admin had to clarify things later. If you read into it originally then it makes perfect sense why people thought FASFA was in danger.
Comment by sanslumiere at 03/02/2025 at 14:33 UTC
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The original executive order would have blocked FAFSA payments. They had to walk it back.
Comment by TripResponsibly1 at 03/02/2025 at 14:51 UTC
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FASFA is absolutely in danger https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/899/all-info
the reason people (even the DOE) were confused about the EO pausing federal aid is that financial aid for students is not given directly to individuals, but to the institution first and then distributed by the school to students.
Comment by sarahbagel at 03/02/2025 at 15:25 UTC
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To be fair, the initial statement would’ve appeared to impact FAFSA. It was only after the outcry that the government “clarified” (more likely backtracked) that some things including FAFSA wouldn’t be impacted.
But the original language literally was an order to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.” And in the full original memo, there was no clarification that FAFSA was excluded. So thinking student loans would be wasn’t “fear mongering” - it was just people interpreting the memo as-originally-written
Comment by pan-re at 03/02/2025 at 18:55 UTC
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FAFSA and Pell grants and student loans ARE in trouble. They want to eliminate the DOE and cut funding to all education.
Comment by BrownCoffee65 at 03/02/2025 at 14:13 UTC
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Exactly it took all of three damned seconds to figure that one out, dur dur, no wonder the literacy rate is so low.