Rese Fox 4 MSA

Hi, all,

So, this is pretty dire. TODAY in a FEW HOURS is the day we find out if student aid gets slashed.

We NEED to stop the largest cut to student aid in HISTORY, $12.7 billion in permanent cuts that help students afford college. These cuts would affect 240,000 students in the State of Michigan ALONE and 70% of students at good ole University of Michigan. The estimate is that these cuts will cost the average student borrower over $4,000! Do you have an extra $4,000 hanging around? I sure don't! (Go to studentaidaction.com for more info, or read this story from the Battle Creek Inquirer featuring Umich student Rachel Chapin and talking about student aid cuts, but make sure to CALL SCHWARZ 202-225-6276).

The University of Michigan Alumni Club Chair, Joe Schwarz, is a US Congressman and has voted to protect college affordability when he was a state legislator in Michigan. It all changed in November when he voted for the largest cuts to student aid. The vote passed by TWO, meaning that if Umich students would have called him and gotten him to change his mind the budget wouldn't have gotten a majority and would have failed.

Now both the House and Senate need to reconcile differences in their proposed budget, so we have ONE MORE CHANCE to stop the raid on student aid! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE take one minute to call Congressman Schwarz's office.

Schwarz's office number is 202-225-6276. Yea, democracy ... fight for an affordable education!

Here is an example of what you can say:

“The Senate recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that would cut $13 billion from federal student aid programs. Since you are the Chair of the U of M Alumni Association and should be in favor of student financial aid, I am calling on you to vote NO on this budget bill that will be up for a vote on February First.”

His office number, again, is 202-225-6276.

Thanks, again, for your efforts!

Rese