US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans
Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal <span><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,153,0);background-color:transparent;">student loans
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Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal <a class="" href='http://www.fox26houston.com/news/local-news/92232732-story#'><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,153,0);background-color:transparent;">student loan
</span></a> he received in 1987.
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/local-n...2732-story
US Marshals in tactical gear banging on your door for a $1,500 student loan? No overkill there, especially when these law enforcement agents are actually doing collection calls for a private debt collector for loans that are almost 30 years old.
Glad I graduated without a loan
Quote:Glad I graduated without a loan
My husband worked and paid for his degrees with no grants or loans.
Won't be long, they'll no knock the wrong house and someone will get a few of them.
Then it will be the crazy, bad loan having, gun owners fault.
And they'll do time for that as well as the $1500.
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A liiiiiittle bit more information has come to light on this story.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-aker-...47386.html
Turns out, the man refused to answer a court summons. Then, when they came to get him, he locked himself in his house and told the marshals to go away since he had a gun.
Quote:A liiiiiittle bit more information has come to light on this story.
<a class="bbc_url" href='http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-aker-us-marshal-student-loan-debt-arrest-212047386.html'>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-aker-us-marshal-student-loan-debt-arrest-212047386.html</a>
Turns out, the man refused to answer a court summons. Then, when they came to get him, he locked himself in his house and told the marshals to go away since he had a gun.
He obviously didn't use his student loan money to take a class in Persuasive Argument.
Quote:A liiiiiittle bit more information has come to light on this story.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-aker-...47386.html
Turns out, the man refused to answer a court summons. Then, when they came to get him, he locked himself in his house and told the marshals to go away since he had a gun.
I figured there had to be more to the story. If they start arresting people late on student loans a good 30% of the population would be locked up right now.
Quote:A liiiiiittle bit more information has come to light on this story.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/paul-aker-...47386.html
Turns out, the man refused to answer a court summons. Then, when they came to get him, he locked himself in his house and told the marshals to go away since he had a gun.
That definitely sheds a different light on the story. The local station, and the local politician who wanted to race to get in front of a camera have some serious egg on their faces right now.
Quote:That definitely sheds a different light on the story. The local station, and the local politician who wanted to race to get in front of a camera have some serious egg on their faces right now.
As do those people who were so quick to throw judgement on the situation.
It's sad how it seems like more and more media outlets try to sensationalize a story more along the lines of fearmongering rather than digging for all of the facts.
Apparently they are planning on 1200-1500 arrests