His debt tests the kindness of strangers online (Whiner Joe again. FR mention!)

Providence Journal ^ | 11-27-07 | David Scharfenberg

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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.

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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....

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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

[johniegrad]

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.

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

[dalereed]

Joe go get a job and STFU!

[johniegrad]

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.

[dynachrome]

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

[Blood of Tyrants]

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

[johniegrad]

Agreed.

[Old Sarge]

I thought we had done something about that...

[Doctor Raoul]

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

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

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

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

[familyop]

The real whiners are the socialists demanding more grants and loans through our Government.

[Skenderbej]

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.

[Sloth]

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

[Keith in Iowa]

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

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

[Pontiac]

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.

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

[The_Reader_David]

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.

[Libloather]

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...