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In reply to the discussion: Read a post that said DU sucks. [View all]Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)I also remember the honorary scholarship I got from the Republican governor of Minnesota that awarded me the princely sum of $0.00. I remember a prime rate of around 21% and the student loan money I borrowed to stay afloat translated to roughly the average student loan balance in today's dollars. I remember not being able to get a credit card because it was legal to blacklist liberal arts majors from getting credit. I remember that I got zero Social Security survivor benefits because they changed the rules a few months before my dad died while my cousin received full benefits through grad school even though her dad died a few months earlier than mine did. I remember a government that didn't provide any consumer protection and getting screwed over by one cruel employer and unethical business after another in ways no one would even comprehend today. I remember my rent being 60% of my take home pay and my student loans eating up an additional 25% to the point where I went days without eating each month and aware I did not qualify for food stamps.
Yeah. I'm just rolling in free stuff from my youth.