Posted on 03/22/2022 7:12:16 AM PDT by grundle
They were also trolling Warren saying she seemed to have no problem being the highest paid prof at Harvard (attained under false pretenses).
I'll add that the "university" should have to co-sign the loan. Let them be on the hook. They wind up w/ all the money.
“But she’s happy - she’s doing the work she wants to do, and has no plans to retire.”
Good for her!
That is why the Federal Government took over Student Loans on July 1st, 2010. Not because they could ‘save’ 62 billion as was narrated, but to make Students become DEBT Slaves the the Federal Government. It worked. Universities don’t do anything anymore but dumb down and ‘socialize’ students and make the slaves to the Federal Government.
#MeToo! I did everything you just described. I called it being grown up. My major was one of those tough majors people quit (computer science) but I stuck with it while working full time to keep from building a lot of debt. I then had a nice paying career in my field, literally accepting my first IT position before I walked the stage (you know, making sure ahead of time college would be worth it before I finished high school).
I don't demand others pay for me being stupid enough to marry my ex. LOL Others shouldn't demand the rest of us pay for them being stupid with college.
And how anybody could even contemplate retirement with debt is beyond me.
It can make sense to take out loans, to get a degree in a field in which you will have the earnings to enable you to repay the loans.
Some college majors have no value in the job market. Borrowing to get a degree in such majors is unwise.
This comes back to an honest assessment of what degrees a student is pursuing, and whether such a degree provides earnings to repay the loans.
Tell your kids to pay it, assuming they even talk to you.
Before anything comments on anything....
How much did he borrow?
Why did he borrow?
What degree was he chasing?
What degree was he chasing and what was the likelihood he would find employment with said degree?
Lots of questions before anyone tells him how to repay those loans. And $600 a month?
I went to UMASS-Amherst in the early 90s. The Happy Valley. Lots of hippies and liberals that protested about everything. Back then, they were barking about student loans. Always thought it was odd to get into a class junior or senior year and see some middle aged hippie in there. All they did was take out loans, attend a class or two, and would then, live off the loans.
Liberals, hipsters, communists, progressives, socialists are a very odd bunch. They learn all their nonsense from college professors who are, in all reality, the epitome of capitalism combined with a 6-figure civil service job, where they can’t be fired. Disgusting.
“Don’t look to me to pay your loans.”
Lots of these stories. Perhaps the media (meaning Democrats) are trying to push the sob stories to soften up the country for a mass forgiveness?
What’s the best solution? Should he retire, claim poverty so it throws the loans into permanent forbearance and whenever possible work under the table? That seems to be the only alternative here. There’s just no blood to squeeze from that stone. He’s not making enough as is.
There is no mandate or imperative that you have to go to college to be able to earn a living. Plenty of people go into trades that offer very good living. And for those smart enough to start their own businesses after attaining trade experience are often far better off in many respects.
I don’t buy the anti-boomer, anti-generational argument. You do not go to college for an easy degree. They are worth nothing.
One of the problems with government is their loan forgiveness program. It gave young people the idea that they didn’t really have to pay their debts. The other problem is that bankruptcy has become a staple of the marginal fiscally responsible people.
“I’m not working in the field I have the degree in”
How many times have we heard THAT!
College, a waste of time and especially MONEY!
This guy is 67.
He is a Boomer.
In other words there is a lot wrong here that is the government’s fault and the universities’ fault rather than the fault of the 18-23 year olds who go to school.
Once again, he is 67.
What can you do? Grow a pair. And pay your Effn debts.
Bologna, learn it, love it...........
Yep, I’m a Boomer. My kids aren’t. They are late Millennials and early Generation Z.
They each worked full time at crap jobs for at least a year after high school and before going to college, went to state universities instead of expensive private schools with most of their friends, picked majors that actually led to employable degrees, and worked part time throughout college and full time in the summers so that they could graduate without any debt.
Meanwhile, they have friends from high school that went straight from high school to expensive private colleges and universities, got useless degrees (if they graduated at all), and now have tens of thousands of dollars of student debt that they are looking to the rest of us to pay off.
Instead of “forgiving” student debt, why not “forgive” mortgages?
I agree that people can make a good living in various trades without going to college. Yes this guy is 67 and is himself a boomer.
That said, in general the visceral opposition one sees toward student loan forgiveness IS a generational issue. Its akin to the occasional article from a younger person decrying government funded hip replacements or other expensive medical treatments that generally older people need.
yeah... so??? took me TEN YEARS!!! GFYS...
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