US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans

G

gwb-trading

Welcome to the new world of overreach...

US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/local-news/92232732-story

Believe it or not, the US Marshals Service in Houston is arresting people for not paying their outstanding federal student loans.

Paul Aker says he was arrested at his home last week for a $1500 federal student loan he received in 1987.

He says seven deputy US Marshals showed up at his home with guns and took him to federal court where he had to sign a payment plan for the 29-year-old school loan.

Congressman Gene Green says the federal government is now using private debt collectors to go after those who owe student loans.

Green says as a result, those attorneys and debt collectors are getting judgements in federal court and asking judges to use the US Marshals Service to arrest those who have failed to pay their federal student loans.

Our reliable source with the US Marshal in Houston say Aker isn't the first and won't be the last.

They have to serve anywhere from 1200 to 1500 warrants to people who have failed to pay their federal student loans.



Other news stories indicate that they have even started dragging in people who do not owe student loan debt (usually due to mis-identification or failing to note the loan was actually paid off) and demanding they sign payment plans or remain in jail.
 
Scataphagos said:
"DEBTOR'S PRISON"... ever heard of it?

Makes sense to me. Let's see more of "consequences for not paying what's owed".
More...

Over 50% of calls from Debt Collectors target people who don't owe the debt.

Do you want people who don't owe the debt locked up also.
 
i think it costs 70k a year per prisoner

How bout, if you loan money to somebody who won't pay it back, we will put them in jail, but it will cost you 70k per year
 
gwb-trading said:
Over 50% of calls from Debt Collectors target people who don't owe the debt.

Do you want people who don't owe the debt locked up also.
More...

That's a STUPID question... moronic even. I thought you smarter than to make such a comment.

Debt Collectors "randomly harass innocents" is your rebuttal?

Likely such hassles are due to "stale information", if what you claim is true.

The principle is... 'If you owe, you should pay". PERIOD!! (Or, elect a Bernie Sanders and have every college debt loan "forgiven" and thrown onto the back of the tax payer. Now there's a concept every Leftie can sink his teeth into.)
 
Last edited:
Obviously in cases of mistaken identity, there should be a better solution to "you go to jail", if that's what's even happening. These articles tend to shout sensationalism whenever possible. For example, "US Marshals showed up with guns"...well duh, how many US Marshals you know don't show up with guns? I doubt they had the weapons drawn and raided the house. They probably knocked, presented the warrant and said "you have to come with us." No different than traffic warrants.

But I'm tempted to agree with Scat - if you took out a loan, you have to repay it or suffer the consequences. Should those consequences be "go to jail"? No. but there should be some penalty for your actions if you choose to ignore the requests for payment.
 
Tsing Tao said:
Obviously in cases of mistaken identity, there should be a better solution to "you go to jail", if that's what's even happening. These articles tend to shout sensationalism whenever possible. For example, "US Marshals showed up with guns"...well duh, how many US Marshals you know don't show up with guns? I doubt they had the weapons drawn and raided the house. They probably knocked, presented the warrant and said "you have to come with us." No different than traffic warrants.

But I'm tempted to agree with Scat - if you took out a loan, you have to repay it or suffer the consequences. Should those consequences be "go to jail"? No. but there should be some penalty for your actions if you choose to ignore the requests for payment.
More...
ha ha, you want me the government to cover your bad loans
 
Scataphagos said:
That's a STUPID question... moronic even. I thought you smarter than to make such a comment.

Debt Collectors "randomly harass innocents" is your rebuttal?

Likely such hassles are due to "stale information", if what you claim is true.

The principle is... 'If you owe, you should pay". PERIOD!! (Or, elect a Bernie Sanders and have every college debt loan "forgiven" and thrown onto the back of the tax payer. Now there's a concept every Leftie can sink his teeth into.)
More...

I have always paid my bills on time. About 15 years ago I was harassed by a third-party debt collector over a Bell South phone bill that was not for my phone number and I did not owe. Bell South had simply sold this unpaid bill (which was already a eight years old) to the collector and attached my identity to it. This debt collector called constantly at home, at work and harassed me in every way possible - including threatening to send cops over to arrest me. It also showed up on my credit reports and my credit rating dropped drastically.

Bell South (or their legal department) would not help me. The State Utilities Commission was of little help (except to give me the number of Bell South's legal department). I eventually had to hire a lawyer (for several thousand dollars) to resolve the situation. The clowns involved would not fix my credit report, stop harassing me, or unlink the phone bill from my name until I had a lawyer send letters threatening to sue them.

This was over a phone bill that was only $230 in size that was for a phone number not associated with me. Eventually Bell South had to settle with the state regulators (five years after this happened to me) stating that they sent many people to collection who did not owe bills due to "bad data uploads from Bell South to the debt collection firms".

Keep in mind what the credit industry could do to people who do not owe bills and can not afford a lawyer. Especially when the debt collectors can now use the criminal justice system and cops to drag you into prison based on dubious evidence that you even owe the debt.

Keep in mind that debt is a civil transaction -- any disputes should be handled strictly in the civil court system.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top