I don't understand why Congress doesn't just make student loans again dischargeable in bankruptcy. I get that the historical precedent was that someone graduated on Sunday and filed for bankruptcy on Monday with no assets before starting in their lucrative careers and we don't want people essentially screwing the Federal government. However, it seems we've gone too far in the other direction by having to prove "undue hardship". Why not just up the penalties for bankruptcy in terms of how long you can go before filing again or some other consequence? They still ruin their credit and make it difficult to sign a lease or do other things, but there should be some way to walk away from these debts even at a significant cost or hit to their credit ratings. |
Millennial here. Grow up, stop being a victim, make money and live well. |
. The Amish also make their sons quit school at 13 so they can build barns and kitchen cabinets for suburbanites. They are a model culture at all. They are rife with genetic defects due to in breeding. |
Give me a break. She has probably never helped anyone in her life. And yes, I’m sure she did go to college on Daddy’s dime and believes that only rich people like her should be allowed to get a college education. And she and her greedy husband probably gobbled up PPP loans too. Let everyone else eat cake, right? And you sound like a kindred spirit. Well, screw you both. You should be ashamed of celebrating millions of middle class people losing out on modest loan forgiveness while you sit on your thrones. Gross. |
Would you like to ban credit cards too? |
For people with loans. Everyone else is not happy with his giveaway, to people wealthier than them. |
Except here the loans were 'loans' just as you said. They were never intended to be paid back. I would like them to go after the fraud in these loans, probably a trillion dollars. |
Of course you care. You can lose a job due to a pour credit rating and not get a new job other than at MacDonalds! |
Why are progressives so obsessed with this issue? Just put this energy around gun laws or medical debt or childcare for all. Geese. |
They didn't rule the EPA cannot regulate wetlands, just what constitutes wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The HEROES act said the Secretary can 'waive' or 'modify', and the Supreme Court ruled this went beyond 'waive' or 'modify'. It's been established before that Congress cannot just delegate lawmaking powers to the executive branch. It's why the line-item veto was thrown out, among other things. |
Good. It is time to join happy campers in San Francisco. I heard the weather is nice there. And please, refrain from having kids, and if you accidentally do, please abort them asap. |
Here is what I have done my whole life: don’t pay my loan.
When I get a notice that my wages may be garnished, I set up a payment plan. I pay the least amount possible, usually around $120. I do that for 6 months to get in good standing. Once that happens I stop paying and repeat the process. Not my fault the government was dumb enough to give an 18 yo $29k with no job or assets. |
I think the point was that the government is giving out these big loans that a private institution would not. |
It looks like you paid $200 a month for your $25k loan and are surprised by the total interest. Or perhaps you waited 4 years and then paid $300 a month for about 12 years. |
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