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His debt tests the kindness of strangers online (Whiner Joe again. FR mention!)
Providence Journal ^ | 11-27-07 | David Scharfenberg

Posted on 11/30/2007 5:20:12 PM PST by dynachrome

Perez’s problem isn’t laziness. It’s something far worse: student-loan debt. And plenty of it.

At last count, the former film student owed some $207,000.

So last month, Perez did what any Web-savvy twentysomething in his predicament might do: he launched his own Web site, joesdebt.com, and began soliciting donations.

For himself.

(Excerpt) Read more at projo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: beggar; joeperez; joesdebt; scam
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Some of you will remember that 'ol joe himself came on FR to whine in person. Maybe we will be so lucky again....
1 posted on 11/30/2007 5:20:14 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: joeperez; darkwing104

The original zot thread and whiner’s story:
(I see Joe’s account is still pingable)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922360/posts


2 posted on 11/30/2007 5:22:17 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dynachrome

Well, this is a private charitable attempt to pay off debt. While there is an element of pussification involved, no one is asking me for tax dollars. I won’t contribute but at least he is trying something other than sucking at the government tit for his money.


3 posted on 11/30/2007 5:23:18 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad

Actually, in the original thread, he was trying to “raise awareness” of this big problem and how the gubmint (taxpayers) had to fix it.


4 posted on 11/30/2007 5:26:37 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dynachrome

Joe go get a job and STFU!


5 posted on 11/30/2007 5:28:45 PM PST by dalereed
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To: dynachrome

I see. But it sounds like he is now privately begging for money. Again, I won’t contribute but at least he is not asking for taxes to pay his debt.


6 posted on 11/30/2007 5:28:54 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: johniegrad

He begged for $ from the beginning. He will always be a parasite IMHO


7 posted on 11/30/2007 5:30:54 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: dalereed

A job? He was a FILM MAJOR. He has no marketable skills.


8 posted on 11/30/2007 5:32:41 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: dynachrome

Agreed.


9 posted on 11/30/2007 5:32:43 PM PST by johniegrad
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To: dynachrome

I thought we had done something about that...


10 posted on 11/30/2007 5:37:02 PM PST by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: dynachrome

How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?


11 posted on 11/30/2007 5:39:45 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: Doctor Raoul
How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?

That's easy. Make a movie dissin' the troops with an anti-American agenda?

12 posted on 11/30/2007 5:44:07 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: dynachrome
The real whiners are the socialists demanding more grants and loans through our Government.
13 posted on 11/30/2007 5:44:57 PM PST by familyop (Roma est perdita)
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To: dynachrome
I’m currently paying a web designer $70/hr to design a website for my business, and that’s on the low end of the spectrum. If this guy was worth his salt as a designer and worked 40 hours a week for 42 weeks during the year, he would make over $117,000 for the year. That should be plenty to help cut into his debt, especially if he isn’t paying rent, utilities, or food!

What a whiner. A couple of years ago I was single and making $32/hr. I bought a used car for $20,000 and paid it off in 13 months. I also bought my HDTV (which was new tech at the time), furniture, and had lots of fun with my friends and saved to finish college. If you work right and think, you can do a lot with your money.

14 posted on 11/30/2007 5:45:37 PM PST by Skenderbej
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To: dynachrome

Begging is far more honorable than trying to use the government to extort money for you at gunpoint.


15 posted on 11/30/2007 5:46:34 PM PST by Sloth (Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)
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To: Doctor Raoul

>>>How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?

Film stock & lab processing ain’t cheap....


16 posted on 11/30/2007 5:46:42 PM PST by Keith in Iowa (A dyslexic, agnostic insomniac asks, "Is there a doG?")
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To: Blood of Tyrants
A job? He was a FILM MAJOR. He has no marketable skills.

There are hundreds of companies that produce TV commercials, training films and documentaries.

If he can put together a proposal he can find backers and start his own company.

This is the land of opportunity. Imagination is all that is required to find work.

17 posted on 11/30/2007 5:46:58 PM PST by Pontiac (Your message here.)
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To: Old Sarge

I thought I’d see if zotboy would show up again to get spanked!


18 posted on 11/30/2007 5:47:09 PM PST by dynachrome (Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
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To: Doctor Raoul

Doubtless he went to an undergrad institution pricey enough to rack up the maximum on undergrad student loans, then took an MFA at a really pricey place on his own dime (all borrowed).

Quite frankly, he’s a dope: betting on a successful film career. If the grad degree isn’t going to get you some letters before or after your name that automatically bring in big bucks (like clinical psych, medicine, law or engineering), you have no business going for it at a place that doesn’t offer you a good enough assistantship or fellowship that you get a free education and paid living expenses.


19 posted on 11/30/2007 5:47:49 PM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: dynachrome
As of last night, he had raised precisely $110.50, according to a ticker on his home page. And he has drawn his fair share of scorn from visitors to LibertyPost.org and FreeRepublic.com, conservative blogs that do not take kindly to anyone looking for a “handout.”

Asking for loot online goes in the 'junk mail' pile. File 13...

20 posted on 11/30/2007 5:48:04 PM PST by Libloather (Hillary donors find their way to the cover of Time. And the very next day they're doing it...)
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