Federal student loan collections to resume after 5 years
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[{'start': '1.000', 'end': '5.137', 'text': "COMPLAINT, THE FTC IS ASSIGNING  FOR ATTORNEYS TO PROSECUTE THE  CASE AGAINST. I'M OUT.  WELL, IN JUST A STUDENT LOAN  COLLECTION WILL RESUME FOR THE  FIRST TIME IN 5 YEARS. THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCING  IT WILL START IN VOLUNTARY  REPAYMENTS ON DEFAULTED FEDERAL  LOANS ON MONDAY. NOW THOSE  PAYMENTS WERE PAUSED IN 2020  AND TO THEIR PRESIDENT. TRUMP  IS A RESPONSE TO THE COVID  PANDEMIC AND WAS CONTINUED  UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION  REPORTER JUST MEAN WALK HEADED  TO THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN  NEVADA TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW  SOME STUDENTS ARE REACTING.  >> AHEAD OF THE LOOMING  DEADLINE, I SPEAK WITH ONE  MOTHER WHO TELLS ME SHE'S  ANXIOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE.  SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST THE  TSUNAMI OF.  JUST FINANCIAL.  >> WORRY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT  BE FROM INFLATION OR THE  TARIFFS ARE ALSO LIKE, OK,  STUDENT DEBT. DEFINITELY  ANXIOUS, DEFINITELY CONCERNED.  AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW  IT'S ALL GOING TO PAN OUT.  STEPHANIE GENTRY IS A STUDENT  AT THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN  NEVADA WORKING TOWARDS A DEGREE  AND MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE.  I CAN'T REALLY WORK WITH MY  PROGRAM. I HAVE TO BE LIKE  CLINICAL ROTATIONS FOR IT.  SO THAT'S LIKE THE MAJORITY  OF WHITE TAKE OUT STUDENT  LOANS. GENTRY NOW ON HER SECOND  DEGREE SAYS THE YEARS LONG  PAUSE ON FEDERAL LOANS HAVE  BEEN A RELIEF.  >> I WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE  THAT TO STEER, YOU KNOW, JUST  LIKE GO HIGHER. IF.  >> LIKE STUDENT LOANS WERE IN A  FACTOR. BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T  PANIC GOING ANY HIGHER THAN  JUST GETTING THIS IN JOB.  DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO  AFFORD THEIR  >> IF WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE  PEOPLE TO SEEK HIGHER  EDUCATION, IF YOU WANT TO  ENCOURAGE PEOPLE  JUST AGAIN, BRING THAT BENEFIT  TO OUR COMMUNITIES. THEN WE  SHOULDN'T HAVE STUDENT LOANS.  WE SHOULDN'T HAVE STUDENT DEBT  ALL. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE  PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ARGUMENTS?  YOU KNOW, I PAID OFF MY STUDENT  DEBT SO THEY SHOULD HAVE TO  PAY THEIRS AS WELL.  I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T  MAKE ANY SENSE TO LIKE KICK  THE LADDER DOWN. SO WHAT IF YOU  HAD POLIO WHEN YOUR KIDS SHOULD  ALSO GET POLIO? THE MOTHER OF  3 EXPRESSING SHE HOPES TO SEE A  DIFFERENT FUTURE FOR HER KIDS.  I WANT MY KIDS HAVE FREE  COLLEGE. I WANT TO HAVE FREE  HEALTH CARE. I WANT THEM TO  HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD"}]