Student Loan
Apr. 24th, 2024 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demarianaSo a FB 'friend' posted a meme/picture about student loans being forgiven, etc. It said,
Imagine the generation of $1000 Iphones, $500 concert tickets and $9 coffees can't pay their student debt.
Wonder if anyone will say anything since my response was: Yet I don't buy an iphone, or go to concerts, or drink $9 coffee. And my student loan debt due to interest and predatory practices was almost 5X the amount of the original loans even with paying on it. I had probably paid off the original amount already and still owed almost 5X the original amount. So yeah very glad my student loan was wiped clean.
Well the poster's response:
Well then my mortgage should be wiped clean.
My response: My mortgage does not compound interest and add it every year. The loan was explained fully when I got it and spelled out. When it was sold the only thing that changed was who I was paying. I could refinance if interest rates got better. Also it can be in a bankruptcy if needed to have it wiped clean.
Imagine the generation of $1000 Iphones, $500 concert tickets and $9 coffees can't pay their student debt.
Wonder if anyone will say anything since my response was: Yet I don't buy an iphone, or go to concerts, or drink $9 coffee. And my student loan debt due to interest and predatory practices was almost 5X the amount of the original loans even with paying on it. I had probably paid off the original amount already and still owed almost 5X the original amount. So yeah very glad my student loan was wiped clean.
Well the poster's response:
Well then my mortgage should be wiped clean.
My response: My mortgage does not compound interest and add it every year. The loan was explained fully when I got it and spelled out. When it was sold the only thing that changed was who I was paying. I could refinance if interest rates got better. Also it can be in a bankruptcy if needed to have it wiped clean.
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Date: 2024-04-26 12:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-26 09:16 pm (UTC)I paid off Peter's with a project. I've worked very hard so that Samuel would never have to have one.
AND I AM STILL IN FAVOR OF STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.