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In reply to the discussion: College graduates get more relief on loan payments [View all]bread_and_roses
(6,335 posts)29. oh, what nonsense - both this and your posts below
It is extremely difficult not to think that you don't know exactly what a crock you are posting. Even in this post - you surely cannot be unaware that people are told that their only route even getting any job that has the possibility of allowing them a decent life is to get a college degree? And you surely cannot be unaware of what's happened to college tuition over the past few decades? And are you really unaware that tuition loans - particularly for the private so-called "colleges" which are really just rip-off scams gouging the disadvantaged and desperate - have become just another honeypot for our Corporate Overlords?
Once again, the "personal responsibility" mantra is a distraction from the real issues - which are systemic.
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Income Based payment helps, but it means paying for the loan for much longer
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#1
My sister taught on a Reservation in the west for 7 years to pay off her loan. That was back in the
jwirr
Dec 2012
#12
Most "Public Service Loan Forgiveness" only applies if the loan payments are current.
happyslug
Dec 2012
#27
The 1% have sold the populace on the specious idea that higher education is
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#13
You continue to slide and slither around the central question, which is
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#39
Many career fields tanked with the economy. Its not a student's fault if they did due diligence
riderinthestorm
Dec 2012
#22
Who knows what the future brings?Perhaps all these VOTING CHILDREN and PARENTS and
lovuian
Dec 2012
#33