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Less than half of student loan borrowers are current on $1.6T debt — and some refuse to pay in protest
NY Post ^ | 8/11/25 | Taylor Herzlich

Posted on 08/12/2025 4:36:41 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: Gen.Blather

“He said he loved the parties...and the social environment.”

I think there are three females for every two males in college.


41 posted on 08/12/2025 6:06:29 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

Get as many credit cards as you can. Then max out all of them. Make only minimum payments. When you can’t make minimum payments on all of them, declare bankruptcy. You get to keep your residence and car. Credit card debts are wiped out. I have seen people do this.


42 posted on 08/12/2025 6:07:04 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (TERM LIMITS is the ONLY WAY to get rid of corrupt career politicians. )
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To: TexasFreeper2009

garnish wages


43 posted on 08/12/2025 6:07:31 PM PDT by californian by choice (Who are those who believe in science?)
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To: ridesthemiles

There is a zoom function in Microsoft Edge.

Click on the three dots.

It’s the fourth item down.


44 posted on 08/12/2025 6:08:45 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ridesthemiles
I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE EYE & PROOFREADING. SORRY IT IS BOTHERING YOU. THE EYE IS MORE OF A BOTHER TO ME

Yet you can evidently read other people's non-capitalized comments.

Very strange.

45 posted on 08/12/2025 6:08:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Brian Griffin

Must have been the pot because he made my skin crawl. Not because of his appearance, which was scruffy but not scary. But because his lifestyle of fraud turned my stomach.


46 posted on 08/12/2025 6:10:09 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: lewislynn

‘Anyone who refuses to make monthly student loan payments will be drafted into the U.S. Marine Corp.’

The Ukrainian army has openings.

We have invaders Zelensky might be able to use for a march to Moscow.


47 posted on 08/12/2025 6:13:37 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

And why don’t the colleges owe anything? I don’t understand why private universities get state funding. That was new to me until DOGE.


48 posted on 08/12/2025 6:14:59 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: ComputerGuy

I can give you a sample size of 1.

A guy I know was in undergrad school for 16 years, all payed with loans. You read that right.

Schools often put a time limit on how long you can stay so he attended 7 different universities, finally earning a degree in sociology.


49 posted on 08/12/2025 6:35:40 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Az Joe

At the same time, toss out the guest workers so our kids can afford to payback those loans.


50 posted on 08/12/2025 6:56:44 PM PDT by bobcat62
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The loans should be forgiven, b...”

I basically agree but only if from now on it is pay as you go. The student load program was a really stupid thing to do. We need to acknowledge it and move on. Both parties are responsible.


51 posted on 08/12/2025 7:03:51 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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To: Libloather

Isn’t there jail for deadbeats?
Make that threat real and they will pay. Scumbags.


52 posted on 08/12/2025 7:13:58 PM PDT by vpintheak (Screw the ChiComms! America first!)
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To: Dennis M.

They saw the dumb 18-year olds coming.


53 posted on 08/12/2025 7:20:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: napscoordinator

Yeah, we talk about unpaid student line and while those in charge pay nothing too. All should pay what they owe.


54 posted on 08/12/2025 7:24:23 PM PDT by Whatever Works
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To: Jim Noble

In all seriousness, I’d be surprised if a fraction of it is ever paid back.

But that does not negate what I said.

They agreed to pay it back when they took out the loan. It was part of the terms and conditions. I know. I read them when our kids took out theirs.

So they SHOULD pay them back as they owe it to them.

And if they don’t. then like any debt, garnish their wages or tax refunds.

But I also am well aware that reality does not usually match what SHOULD be.


55 posted on 08/12/2025 8:46:17 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She’s a Senior Citizen with a few years on her bro

She means no harm


56 posted on 08/12/2025 9:15:23 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ridesthemiles

I apologize. Carry on.


57 posted on 08/12/2025 9:21:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Leaning Right

College has been oversold for decades


58 posted on 08/12/2025 9:35:48 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Libloather
I know a middle-aged guy who reunited with his High School Sweetheart..., she moved in with him and wanted to get married... Luckily he didn't since she was $150K in debt for college loans (Southwesten Ethnic Cultures major!) When he didn't go along with the marriage idea, she moved on down the line seeking a savior...
59 posted on 08/12/2025 9:45:38 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom line")
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To: Libloather

The left has bamboozled the young into college degrees that are worthless and a life time of debt


60 posted on 08/13/2025 2:46:24 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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