Cc: Eduardo
F. Sacasa, Legislative Correspondent
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), 284 Russell
Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510, Phone: 202-224-3041
Cc: Taleen G.
Mekhdjavakian, Legislative Correspondent
c/o: Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), 716
Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510, Phone:
202-224-5274
c/o: Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-FL-15th),
229 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-1252, Hours: Monday -
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Mr. Orr:
Anyhow, along those lines, I have asked my US Congressman, Dennis
Ross, to file legislation that remedies the horrible predatory lending and
resultant skyrocketing college tuition, resultant college debt, and related
illegal monopolies and violations of several Constitutional provisions (which
are described more in the attached briefs, which I've
filed, before the US Supreme Court).
The two remedies I propose are as follows:
1) Restore all standard consumer protections to college loans (including,
but not limited to bankruptcy).
2) Get the Federal Government (taxpayer dollars) out of higher ed
loans in the first place (and, concurrently, replace some of it with grants and
NOT loans).
As I explain in the 777-word OpEd in this email
attachment, we did just fine without college loans in the past (and
America had the BEST Higher Education in the WORLD). If we could provide
affordable higher education then - and without loans, we can do it now.
The 2nd solution is preventative in nature (stopping government monies from
being used as subsidies), but for those students who were victimised by
predatory lending, Bankruptcy and other remedies are needed. (Income Based
Repayment is not enough to scare off lenders from predatory lending).
I have published my OpEd all over all of my social media, and The
Lakeland Ledger is considering publishing it as well, as I speak. (I'm
copying the Tampa Tribune, who I hope sees the problems that lawmakers
have caused by avoiding Free Market principles, and - maybe - offer Free Press
backing to remind lawmakers that they represent us - "We the People," not the
rich and powerful.)
Surprisingly, Republicans, such as Ross & Rubio, have claimed to
adhere to Free Market checks (such as bankruptcy, a check/balance against
predatory lending), as I document in my OpEd, but the legislative branch has
lost all honour and credibility. Senator Rubio, who claims to have our backs, is
almost out of time, and congressman Ross is being challenged by a conservative
Democrat, who, due to the new eastern-Hillsborough County district area of the
15th Federal District, will have an uphill battle to be reelected, especially
given the large number of college students in our district.
Surprisingly, Democrats have been more amenable to Free Market solutions in
re higher ed (this troubles me as a Republican!), so, my "gut feeling" is that
Sen. Bill Nelson, whom I'm copying in my email, will be amenable to the 2 pieces
of legislation I propose.
The OpEd in question is also in this email attachment, as selected filings
before the US Supreme Court and one court of appeal. The nation's high court is
liberal and activist, and I don't forsee any relief from them any time
soon, so I'd appreciate it if you can pass these 2 pieces of legislation and
finally rid American of the Debt Slavery scourge!
Gordon Wayne Watts, editor-in-chief, The
Register
www.GordonWayneWatts.com / www.GordonWatts.com
BS, The Florida State University, Biological & Chemical
Sciences;
Class of 2000, double major with honours
AS, United Electronics
Institute, Class of 1988, Valedictorian
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"First, they [Nazis] came for the Jews. I was silent. I was
not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a
Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a
trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for
me."(Martin Niemöller, given credit for a quotation in The Harper Religious and
Inspirational Quotation Companion, ed. Margaret Pepper(New York: Harper
&Row, 1989), 429 -as cited on page 44, note 17,of Religious Cleansing in the
American Republic, by Keith A. Fornier,Copyright 1993, by Liberty, Life, and
Family Publications.
Some versions have Mr. Niemöller saying:
"Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a
Protestant"; other versions have him saying that they came for Socialists,
Industrialists, schools, the press,and/or the Church; however, it's certain he
DID say SOMETHING like this. Actually, they may not have come for the Jews
first, as it's more likely they came for the prisoners, mentally handicapped,
&other so-called "inferiors" first -as historians tell us-so they could get
"practiced up"; however, they did come for them -due to the silence of their
neighbors -and due in part to their own silence. So: "Speak up now or
forever hold your peace!"-GWW