David Bergeron

Higher education access, financing, & student loan expert. Retired Fed. Proud dad and husband. Drive a Mini Convertible & Mach-E. Tweets my own.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@WhiteHouse Which economy do you want to live with? The one that creates jobs? or the one that doesn't? Even if you aren't looking for work, these facts matter.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@delislealleges Prefer that the law keeps up with times? Sure. But it hasn't & Congress left the authority in the statute that the Department relied on to write the rule. So, Congress left it to ED to do what is necessary. I don't engage often anymore but I respect your thoughts on the matter.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@delislealleges @DFIPolicy Sec Riley acknowledged in his statement that he had the authority to reduce the period and that he wasn't going to exercise the authority to change that at the time. Time moves on, levels of debt have increased, & the our technocratic solutions on debt haven't worked.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

Very important piece by a great millennial mom reporter.

Why are world leaders looking at me to fix the birth-rate problem? https://t.co/8bg89yb6it

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@delislealleges The difference is that the systems used to manage repayment have been built on contemporary technologies that are more robust & flexible. FAFSA was older tech that have been pieced together to allow things, i.e. IRS data retrieval, that were never contemplated with bandaids.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@BillBartholomew Name a state where they are going without a Senate race that they are going to?

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@arneduncan You definitely know a great deal about student loans. And a court has made sure that no money has been out. And it won't be money being paid out but a credit being applied to student loan balances. Hard to see how that could be used to gamble, buy booze, or take a vacation.

[Michael Itzkowitz @mikeitzkowitz]

Top 10 bachelor's degree-granting institutions that leave their graduates with the most federal debt.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

No Person of Conscience Can Sit Out this Midterm Election

https://t.co/NItYjnGxPm via @commondreams

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

Worked for both Ds and Rs. Very true. Ds much more concerned about balanced budgets than Rs. And are willing to do something about it.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

The deficit fell by $1.4 trillion – the largest one-year drop in American history – under President Biden.

Cut in half.

And, the Administration is going to reduce the deficit by another $250 billion over the next decade.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

Sadly true.

[Arne Duncan @arneduncan]

How democracies die…

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Under my predecessor, the federal deficit went up every single year.

Yet Congressional Republicans love to call Democratic leaders “big spenders.” Give me a break.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@mcbyrne Good question. Canvassing tomorrow myself.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@elonmusk Goodbye Mr. Musk. Now I just need to figure out how to close my Twitter account. Unless you want to do that for me.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@SusannaDW We love our history. Perhaps a bit too much. Can’t be truly progressive if you love your history too much.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

The vast majority of House Republicans have signed on to a Republican budget that will cut Social Security and Medicare.

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Can I come back to that report that a billion dollars in dark money has been spent on Republican Senate candidates? Stunning. https://t.co/YiNzrl8Qy7

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@mcbyrne We are working hard to prevent the sky from falling. We just need to keep it up for 2 more weeks.

[David Bergeron @dbergeron_CAP]

@BarmakN Counting down to Friday... I'll get an hour a day back at least very soon.