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In reply to the discussion: Students Across the Nation are Planning Something Unprecedented to End Student Debt Forever [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)32. Sorry, but you don't have to be a "genius"
to bear responsibility for your finances. You don't have to be a genius to know that when you borrow money, you will eventually be required to repay it, with interest. You don't have to be a genius to know that if you borrow $100,000 for college, you will have to pay AT LEAST $5000 a year for the next 20 years (or the equivalent) to settle the loan. You don't have to be a genius to know that nothing in life is certain and that everything comes with a price tag.
But people don't give a fuck. They want a ridiculously expensive education whether they can afford it or not.
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dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
OP
Bernie deserves a lot of credit for addressing this national issue loudly and
libdem4life
Oct 2015
#3
+1! Killing people for profit. Creating a new and never ending supply of enemies.
Enthusiast
Oct 2015
#94
^^^ This right fucking here! ^^^ MAKE WALL STREET FUCKING PAY FOR IT! They
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2015
#76
Educating our young is arguably the most important responsibility a society holds.
Xithras
Oct 2015
#135
The taxpayer made the majority of student loans outstanding. Who's going to pay for it?
Yo_Mama
Oct 2015
#12
What does come to, 1 less war to pay for. That would be hard to handle. On one hand we can a war
LiberalArkie
Oct 2015
#20
You say it's not a problem from the point of view of the overall economy, but....
Jim Lane
Oct 2015
#90
But fractional reserve is specifically not double-entry; that's the whole point.
Recursion
Oct 2015
#123
Any money that "flows thu the system" is grabbed by the 1% and never trickles down.
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
#124
No, I am saying I pay my bills including my student loans and I am proud I did.
leftofcool
Oct 2015
#53
So let's see if we can guess your point. You paid off your debt therefore all students should have
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#34
It's always easy to blame the victims. Those people that use the payday loans should be
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#35
That isn't a very empathetic feeling. We as a society have some responsibility to help
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#58
Do you think payday loan companies should exist? I don't. At one time it was against
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#133
dear ignorant students- nothing is "free" - somebody has to pay for your "free" schooling nt
msongs
Oct 2015
#15
That's why you oppose this? A pedantic concern over the definition of "free"
Taitertots
Oct 2015
#40
Student loans were never an issue when people could get good jobs to pay them off.
jtuck004
Oct 2015
#22
They should vote against Clinton that would ship more jobs overseas. We need jobs for
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#37
I remember when the mob made loans like that, now the banks do. And I am disappointed that posters
rhett o rick
Oct 2015
#38
An educated populace is a public good. We used to know that. Now we are eating our
tblue37
Oct 2015
#69
Higher education needs to be either free or low-cost. The bankers are already cash-bloated.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2015
#45
When I started college, they had special programs to help women get an education.
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2015
#62
funded by extra tax on Banking execs and Hedge fund managers - commutation tax
Bill USA
Oct 2015
#134