05.03.21 A shocking statistic about student loan forgiveness promised to our military. / 2 loopholes crooks crawl through to steal unemployment funds.

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Entrepreneurship, Business, Investing

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

PROMISES BROKEN: One privilege of military service is student loan forgiveness. But the U.S. Dept of Education rejected 94%, just like public service loan forgiveness was largely rejected. This must be fixed. Congress talks a good game about valuing the military. The country must fulfill its promises to those who serve. / CRACKING THE CASE: How pandemic unemployment compensation has been looted, even from people who had their credit frozen, costing taxpayers $billions. Ask Clark topics include: How to know if you qualify for student loan forgiveness / Booking a Trip For This Summer or Fall? Your Flights Will Change / How To Prevent, Report and Repair Identity Theft / 5 Sneaky Ways to Improve Your Credit Score \\ Want more money advice? Sign up for Clark’s free daily newsletter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.1	It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, where our mission is to serve
0:40.3	and empower you so you make better financial decisions in your life.
0:45.6	In today's episode, I have a shocking stat about how we're mistreating members of our US military.
0:55.3	So the mystery of how your unemployment money could have been stolen, even if you have
1:00.7	a credit freeze and have taken other precautions in your life.
1:06.6	So if you've listened to me for any period of time, you know how grateful I am to the brave
1:16.3	men and women of the US military.
1:19.2	We in the United States have an all-volunteer military, something I'm not in favor of.
1:24.2	I think that we should have some form of mandatory national service in the United States that
1:31.4	could involve military or other things that we create this common goal and common purpose
1:38.5	in the United States that we seem to have lost some connection to each other.
1:44.9	But be that as it may, we have for several generations now been an all-volunteer military.
1:53.7	It's a people sacrifice much, even if they don't come in harm's way or lose their lives.
2:01.8	There's still a great sacrifice serving in the military.
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