Amanda Tully Leaves US to Escape Student Loan, Faces Social Backlash
Key Takeaways
- Amanda Lynn Tully moved from the United States to Prague to escape student loan payments.
- Stopped paying federal loans for years, entering delinquency and default.
- Media frames her case within a broader trend of borrowers abandoning loans abroad.
Tully's Flight from Debt
Tully moved to Prague less than a year after graduating and defaulted on $65,000 in federal student loans.
“A college graduate has been branded a “loser” and a “whiny b—h” after fleeing the US and defaulting on her student loans over her $60-a-month repayments”
She was on a $60-a-month income-based repayment plan but found it psychologically burdensome.
More than 40 million borrowers are saddled with federal student debt and 7.7 million have defaulted.
Tully hasn't made a payment in over seven years and did not hide her plan to never return to the US.
She was branded a loser by critics who questioned how she couldn't afford $60 a month but wore designer headphones.
Social Media Backlash
Social media users mocked Tully's decision and called her a loser.
Her LinkedIn shows she is open to work and has been an e-learning content developer since 2019.
The New York Times presented her as a symptom of a broken system.
The New York Post led with the social media vitriol she faced.
The Oregonian noted the growing phenomenon of Americans fleeing abroad to avoid student debt.
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