US Garnishes Student Wages, Generates Zero Weapons
Bloomberg breathlessly reports that the US government, courtesy of the Trump administration, will begin seizing wages for student debt in 2026. A truly heroic effort to recoup funds, especially when considering the $3.8 billion of annual military aid the US sends to Israel, with an additional $14 billion more approved recently . It seems some debts are more sacred than others. While young
Americans face financial ruin for trying to get an education—a core component of a functioning society—the F-35s we fund are busy creating new debt entirely of the humanitarian kind. One might wonder: if seizing wages is the government's answer to domestic financial woes, why isn't seizing settlement expansion or arms transfers the answer to international ones? Perhaps the cost of college simply
weighs heavier on Washington's conscience than the cost of a few thousand civilian lives. (It doesn't).