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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Bluegrass_Buddhist@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Tomorrow not paying back student loans actually means something again. I don't wanna go back to paying again but I'm not sure the ratio of debt strikers to student debt collector mafias is in our favor

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

do they take money from your bank accounts as soon as the paychecks come in? is there some delay?

[-] ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

you have to pay through your loan servicer. you can use this link to figure out who ur servicer is. if it’s a federal loan, it’s probably nelnet.

you have the option to not pay until they eventually garnish ur wages (take money out of ur paycheck to pay the loan)

[-] redsteel@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

That's a possible result of a civil lawsuit, it usually ends in wage garnishment though. To reach that point roughly means making no payments for many months, followed by a long period of being in default while you and whatever family or friends they have contact info on are harassed endlessly, then the loan servicer filing civil lawsuit against you, then having the judge rule in their favor and ordering wage garnishment (or opening of your banking accounts and listing of personal assets if no employment claimed/found). Unless you've moved into a cabin in the woods, you'll be well aware of this whole process as it happens and it's not quick.

In the U.S. I believe wage garnishment is capped at 25% of earned income. The HR people at the employer get a court order and then start sending whatever % portion of direct deposit off to whoever was listed in the order.

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