The president wants to start garnishing the wages of debtors even as his trade wars raise prices. As President Donald Trump’s reckless tariff policies upend the global economy, the administration has debuted another terrible idea: calling in student loans. The Department of Education announced that starting next month it will garnish wages from student loan borrowers who defaulted on their debt, something they call “involuntary collection.” This will put the federal government in the role of a debt collector, and the White House says it will claw back these funds by withholding tax refunds, federal pensions and even wages. Setting aside the…
