Newsweek: Student Loans Resurface, Just Not for Lockheed Martin
Newsweek highlights the impending 'new changes' for student loan borrowers starting December 2023, meticulously detailing payment plans and relief options. The piece focuses on individual financial planning, encouraging proactive steps. Missing from this narrative, however, is the structural inequality that funds perpetual war machines while burdening a generation with insurmountable debt. Think
about it: the US national debt topped $33 trillion in September 2023. A significant chunk goes to military spending, often benefiting companies like Lockheed Martin whose stock (LMT) has soared amidst global conflicts. Yet, student loan payments, frozen during a pandemic, are revived with little debate. One might wonder how many F-35s could be built with the $1.7 trillion in outstanding student
debt, or rather, how much tuition could be covered if military spending cuts were on the table. But that's not a 'change' Newsweek cares to report, apparently.