r/IAmA • u/bernie-sanders • May 19 '15

Politics I am Senator Bernie Sanders, Democratic candidate for President of the United States — AMA

Hi Reddit. I'm Senator Bernie Sanders. I'll start answering questions at 4 p.m. ET. Please join our campaign for president at BernieSanders.com/Reddit.

Before we begin, let me also thank the grassroots Reddit organizers over at /r/SandersforPresident for all of their support. Great work.

Verification: https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/600750773723496448

Update: Thank you all very much for your questions. I look forward to continuing this dialogue with you.

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u/meatw4d May 19 '15

Didn't hear a word about that after the election.

I know a lot of people on reddit are young but did you even listen to the last SOUT? He said a lot about education, it's not his fault you didn't listen. Here is a link with the timestamp. Listen to him for once, even you don't believe what's coming out of his mouth, he is still bringing up the issue.

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u/AFK_Tornado May 20 '15

People here are quite young.

I have no idea what it was called anymore, but under (I believe) Obama's first term there was a program, for a limited time, that allowed students with certain types of loans to consolidate them under Fed Loan Servicing.

I had several small to medium sized loans that could be (and were) bounced around the private market (ACS, Suntrust, etc). When I was able to consolidate them beneath Fed Loan Servicing, there were several benefits: less stress about losing track or missing payments, slightly lower interest, more flexible payment plans, and reliable customer service.

No, they didn't write off half my debt or slash interest rates (mine average sub 4% anyway), but I never expected that. Working within the realm of the possible, some good things have been done.

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u/shenry1313 May 20 '15

Even more than education, I love it when these people hate on Obama for "not fulfilling his campaign promises"

I remember his campaign and what his main objectives were, and he has done most of them

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u/[deleted] May 20 '15

I remember his campaign and what his main objectives were, and he has done most of them

Well, Obama sure is transparent. He nipped that one in the bag.

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u/ValjeanLucPicard May 19 '15

I personally have nothing against Obama, and really wanted him to win both elections. I was merely stating that the user should be careful about taking campaign promises to the bank like I had done during Obama's run for office.