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In reply to the discussion: Blanket student loan forgiveness is redistributing wealth upward [View all]Johnny2X2X
(21,394 posts)I was the first person in my family to graduate college. My parents couldn't help me with a dime towards tuition or living expenses, I worked to make the rent while going to class full time. Got an engineering degree, it was worth all of the hard work, and allowed me to join the middle class. But I am strapped with an enormous amount of student loan debt. I am not looking for a handout, I just want better options to repay.
I am just living the life that most blue collar Americans used to live, decent home, income that allows retirement savings, modest car. But because that blue collar life has been snatched from most people by Conservative policies, they're looking for someone to blame, and the rich are all too happy to offer people like me up. I am not rich, I am just paying my bills and getting by like everyone should be able to do. Trust me, I went to college with a ton of rich kids, they aren't strapped with debt because it was all paid for. They didn't have to work during college, they just got their degrees and went to work for mommy and daddy's companies.
And because my work pays some tuition, I was able to earn my Masters without taking on much more debt. So yeah, I have an advanced degree, still can't afford my payments, guilty as charged. Just give me reasonable options for repayment and don't let a 3rd party make money off from it, that's all I ask.