IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED - Sallie Mae mounting opposition against our movement!

Sallie Mae has come out with an aggressive ad campaign. They are claiming that American jobs are going to be lost as a result of reforming the lending industry. Funny thing is - Sallie Mae happily SHIPPED low-paying jobs to India and the Philippines when they had no concerns about being regulated. Read all about it in this Rolling Stone article.

They are posting ads like this and this across the U.S. Let's shift gears for a moment and write to Sallie Mae, and cc your representatives. Let Sallie Mae know that they aren't fooling anyone. If they had the chance to take these jobs offshore, as they have done, they would do it again. We, on the other hand, are saying NO! We are demanding that this industry (who has the second strongest lobbying groups behind that of defense contractors on the Hill!) be regulated.

So, far I have these email addresses for Sallie Mae:

Their concern for saving Delaware jobs - info@protectdelawarejobs.com
Their love for helping Floridians keep their low-paying jobs - info@protectfloridajobs.com

Here's my email to them:

Dear (Clever) Sallie Mae Marketers:

Wow, this new pitch is quite clever. However, it doesn't have me fooled. Here's my hunch too - I betcha there are thousands and thousands of others who aren't buying it. But I gotta hand it to you. Creating class conflict between your Delawarian employees (who probably make terrible wages) and us is quite smart! 

Oh, and please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ms. C. Cryn Johannsen, and I am a promotional writer and marketer for Mr. Applebaum's Forgive Student Loan Debt movement. (And so you are aware, our movement on Facebook is nearing 227,00 members!). I am also a blogger and am uncovering many stories about the corrupted and broken lending industry to which you obviously belong.

Today, I'm carrying out my own media campaign. Let's call it: contra Sallie Mae.

I've corrected your ad and let everyone know that it really should read: "Save low-paying SALLIE MAE jobs." I find it hard to understand that you feign to care so much about Delawarians. Is that really true? After all, when there wasn't any pressure on the student lending industry, Sallie Mae gladly sent jobs off-shore to India and the Philippines - that way, those already low-paying jobs in the U.S. got even lower. Bravo (Crickets chirping). Based upon your interest in making oodles of money for your company, you were smart in doing just that. But now that there's push for change and a new administration in office who takes issue with welfare subsidies to companies like your own, you're pulling out all the stops. I understand you're creating 2,000 jobs here in the good ol' U.S. of A.

I have news for you: people don't want call center jobs!

They deserve, instead, access to affordable higher education. Your industry has found a gold mine (bilking students), and as a result you have created a new class - the indentured educated class. But many of us refuse to believe that we are indentured servants. (After all, we did go to school and learned a few things).

Our movement represents a bright light of hope in a dark sewer of hell that you're company created. Our movement is based upon truth and transparency, and those are things Sallie Mae doesn't get. You, my friends, are the villains in this tale. Many, many people across this country are realizing that too. It's not a good time to have a dubious record - and your company certainly does. As you know, Americans are pretty tired of companies like Sallie Mae reaping all the benefits.

I look forward to spreading the truth about your company's mission.

Sincerely,


Ms. C. Cryn Johannsen