Ben Kamens, who earns over $90,000 annually as the communications director for Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH09), has come under scrutiny for not paying off his student loans over a 14-year period. Despite earning more than $80,000 last year, according to Legistorm, Kamens failed to pay down $8,250 in student loans, which equates to $48 a month. His inability to settle the debt, which would have been $589.29 per year, has led to taxpayers covering the remaining amount. Critics argue that if Kamens had allocated just $4 a day towards his loans, he could have paid them off long ago.
He had 14 years to pay off $8,250 and he didn't do it. If he put $4 a day towards his student loans he would've been done a long time ago. Instead taxpayers who paid off their loans early bail him out lmao https://t.co/nCB8kuTbT5
As a government worker, this guy got paid more than $80,000 last year by taxpayers according to Legistorm, and now he’s bragging about forcing those same taxpayers to pony up another $8k for loans he refused to pay himself. https://t.co/BOH6WE2mXV
Imagine proudly tweeting that you didn’t pay off your student loans after 14 years. It would have been $589.29 per year. Instead you and I get to pick up the tab for this reprobate. https://t.co/RCfBrPnkMa
This guy couldn't figure out how to pay down < $9000 over 14 years. https://t.co/N7JITB2gtb
Ben Kamens earns over $90,000 a year working as the communications director for #OH09 Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D). You just paid off his student loans. https://t.co/tPuCo2nv32 https://t.co/OEbLAeToSD
This guy couldn’t pay off $8,250 on loans he took at 14 years ago. That’s $48 a month. You’re paying this guys loans off so he could do one more night out with the boys every month for last 14 years. https://t.co/hw7Ha2AtCK