Preston Cooper supports resuming defaulted-loan collections
Preston CooperSenior fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Cooper supports renewed federal collection and argues that continued delay increases the eventual burden because interest keeps accruing.
“We need to collect defaulted federal loans. The admin is right to be thinking about the best way to turn collections back on.”
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Patty Murray opposes restarting defaulted-loan collections; Preston Cooper supports resuming them
Patty Murray criticizes reported plans to restart collection measures against defaulted student-loan borrowers. Preston Cooper supports renewed collection and argues that delay increases interest costs. Their statements concern prospective measures rather than a verified restart announcement.
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Cooper supports renewed collection and argues that delay increases borrowers' interest costs.
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Cooper addresses whether to turn collection measures back on.
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He says the pain will be greater the longer collection is delayed because loans in default continue to accrue interest.
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Why this label?
The reference is resuming collections. Cooper directly supports that action and gives an interest-cost justification.
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