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Thousands of Dead People Got Student Aid,
Trump Admin Finds

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Posted By: sunset, 6/2/2025 7:08:11 PM

The U.S. Department of Education revealed that over $30 million in federal student aid had been distributed to thousands of deceased individuals during the past three years. The disclosure followed an internal cross-check of student aid records against federal grant logs and the Social Security Death Index. The discovery of erroneous payments totaling over $30 million to deceased individuals raises significant concerns about the integrity of federal financial aid programs, which are funded by U.S. taxpayers. President Donald Trump's administration has been emphasizing the amount of money the government is wasting and has been trying to eliminate unnecessary expenses.

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More proof that we elected a president who cares about stopping waste, fraud and abuse.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 6/2/2025 7:15:28 PM (No. 1958915)
Scammers attack every, single program of the government.....because the government bureaucrats are a combination of stupid, lazy and uncaring....often all three at the same time. Now, find the accounts that the checks were cashed by and lets ARREST SOME PEOPLE, darnit.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 6/2/2025 7:16:01 PM (No. 1958917)
"$30 million in federal student aid had been distributed to thousands of deceased individuals during the past three years." They probably not interested in reading - Federal Student Aid Handbook
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Reply 3 - Posted by: JHHolliday 6/2/2025 7:37:28 PM (No. 1958928)
Find out who got the money. Someone spent it. That's fraud and a federal offense at that. Let's start locking them up and throwing away the key like they did to the J-6ers for a hell of a lot less.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jayjeti 6/2/2025 8:13:27 PM (No. 1958942)
The party of inclusion should defend those dead students right to receive aid. That makes as much sense as the rest of DEI.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Northcross 6/2/2025 10:08:06 PM (No. 1959005)
"raises significant concerns about the integrity of federal financial aid programs". Gee. Do you think! Amazed however that Newsweek reported this.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: JimBob 6/3/2025 1:55:03 AM (No. 1959044)
$30,000,000 to dead people. So... how much went to ineligible people who are still alive? I say GET the Federal Government OUT of the College Loan business!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: 5 handicap 6/3/2025 5:47:50 AM (No. 1959064)
That Kevin Thompson sounds like the Manbehind the curtain, like theguy who is getting all the money! "Nothing here, Move Along"
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 6/3/2025 6:54:27 AM (No. 1959085)
If these fake students were not dead before they allegedly entered college, they certainly were when they emerged with their "studies" degrees. When I went through the loan process for both of my daughters, the paperwork and documentation that was required was exhausting. If the dead were able to get money, there must have been a lot of fraud committed by those who approved the loans within the school systems. During the Biden administration, it's no surprise that the government was in on it to achieve equity for the Golden Children.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: skacmar 6/3/2025 6:59:18 AM (No. 1959087)
The "experts" say that it's only $30,000,000.00, just an insignificant drop in the student aid bucket. It was the taxpayers $30 million, not theirs. Who ever got the money needs to be held accountable. How much of that money was paid to collleges/universities for dead students or non existent students? They should be barred from receiving federal student aid and any other type of government funds due to fraud.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Rumblehog 6/3/2025 7:54:33 AM (No. 1959115)
The U.S. Federal government, under Democrat bureaucratic control, makes for an extremely bad bank.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Zigrid 6/3/2025 10:09:00 AM (No. 1959183)
Thank you Elon Musk's musketeers....this is their doing..and the democrats were stupid enough to think that Elon going away from the White House will stop the DOGE from existing...it really is pathetic how the think...where does that come from...because the democrats have managed everything in DC and now are having withdrawl pains...listen my friends?...WE will all muddle through without you...America will stand tall...without you...
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Reply 12 - Posted by: kdog 6/3/2025 10:15:20 AM (No. 1959188)
Student Aid is usually sent right to the institution of education. THESE are the theives in this. They can say they did not know their student was dead, but they can't say they were showing up to class! Recoup ALL this money from the crooks with interest and penalties!
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Reply 13 - Posted by: MickTurn 6/3/2025 11:44:47 AM (No. 1959226)
AND I'm 100% SURE they also VOTED in multiple STATES!
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Rumblehog 6/3/2025 12:51:41 PM (No. 1959266)
Their professors came to the exact same conclusion! /s
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