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Chuuku Davis

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2. I need help with this.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Dec 9, 2021, 05:15 PM

Dec 2021

I graduated in the mid 80s with post grad and under grad degrees and loans.
It took me eight years to pay them all off, counting the three years I did service work in a rural area.

Why shouldn't anyone else need to repay their loans like I did?

Please don't bash me, just explain what I am missing.

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'Killing the middle class': millions in US brace for student loan payments after Covid pause [View all] turbinetree Dec 2021 OP

The donor class continues to keep the people in virtual debtor's prison. aocommunalpunch Dec 2021 #1

I need help with this. Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #2

Because many things have changed when it comes to the model of paying for higher WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #4

Please explain Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #5

I'm curious, do you think everyone should go through the struggle you did to repay loans? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #6

Yes Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #8

To be clear, you want people to struggle when they don't have to, because you did? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #9

Sounds like it. shrike3 Dec 2021 #13

I signed a contract Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #17

If whoever held your debt had decided to cancel it for whatever reason, would you have said no? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #18

They're basically saying you're a sucker for paying it off. BannonsLiver Dec 2021 #24

I think people should fulfill the contract they signed. Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #19

You mentioned your contract again, I'll ask again: WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #21

"A different view on obligations" Act_of_Reparation Dec 2021 #22

Lol GrapesOfWrath Dec 2021 #26

You had a post grad degree but hit food banks and ate ramen? leftstreet Dec 2021 #10

People are obsessed with the notion that someone somewhere is getting something they don't deserve. shrike3 Dec 2021 #12

Healthcare Chuuku Davis Dec 2021 #20

Things change Dave says Dec 2021 #11

The cost of living is substantially higher now NickB79 Dec 2021 #15

It's Not Just about You. MineralMan Dec 2021 #28

This is going to shoot the economy right in the foot, and it's going to be ugly. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #3

The loans are too damn high! Initech Dec 2021 #7

The Student Loan crisis lindalou65 Dec 2021 #14

We need a restructuring in American higher education. roamer65 Dec 2021 #16

I'm going to keep harping about this. Mosby Dec 2021 #23

The state and federal money that supported state universities has dried up or been drastically madinmaryland Dec 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Dec 2021 #25