Re: The Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act

Incredible! More than 325,000 MoveOn members have signed on in support of Senator Elizabeth Warren's first bill—the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act. Will you join them? Click here to sign.—Anna

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Wall Street banks should not be getting a better interest rate on their government loans than young people trying to go to college. Sign the petition

Dear MoveOn member,

The biggest banks in the country—the ones that wrecked our economy and cost millions of Americans their jobs—pay next to nothing on the debt they owe the government, while students pay nine times as much. That isn't right.

That's why I've introduced the Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act to let students take advantage of the same low rates offered to banks for one year while Congress finds a fair, long-term solution on student loan interest rates. 

Will you add your voice in support of giving students the same deal as big banks? Click here to sign the petition.

The interest rate on federal subsidized Stafford student loans is set to increase from 3.4% to 6.8% on July 1st. If Congress doesn't act soon, millions of college students will see their student loan payments jump.

Some argue that it's too expensive to keep government loans at low interest rates, but the federal government makes low interest loans all the time—just not to everyone. Big banks can borrow money through the Federal Reserve discount window at a rate of about 0.75%. 

That's why I started a petition on MoveOn's petition site which says: 

Wall Street banks—the ones that wrecked our economy—should not be getting a better interest rate on their government loans than young people trying to go to college.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Unlike the big banks, students don't have armies of lobbyists and lawyers. But they do have us. 

Let's do what's right and bank on students.

Thanks!

–Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator

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