Trump admin will seize wages, pensions, tax refunds to repay student loans: 'Debt cannot be wiped away'

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Those in default on their federal student loan debt could have their wages. tax refunds and federal pensions garnished, the Trump administration said on Tuesday.
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Those who default or refuse to pay their federal student loans could have their wages, federal pensions and tax refunds garnished, the White House said Tuesday. 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in her weekly briefing that the Trump administration will go after those who don't repay the loans instead of placing the burden on taxpayers. 

"The government can and will collect defaulted federal student loan d...
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