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35. Mortgage is considered "good debt.". You don't pay rent and you build equity

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 24, 2022, 10:06 PM

Aug 2022

this is part of being financial proficient.

But, of course, you know that.

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Are you concerned that someone not sufficiently *worthy* might get this benefit? Ocelot II Aug 2022 #1

I would like to have the debtors understand how they got into this and to prevent question everything Aug 2022 #2

personal responsibility is so overrated these days nt msongs Aug 2022 #4

So is compassion. nt Wednesdays Aug 2022 #19

Carrying college debt is a financial misstep? Huh. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #5

If your major pays $40 K and you took $70 K loan then yes. question everything Aug 2022 #9

Is buying a $125K home when you make $80K a year a financial misstep? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #10

Mortgage is considered "good debt.". You don't pay rent and you build equity question everything Aug 2022 #35

"Is considered" doing a lot of work here. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #40

Trying hard to win, are you? Many people do not purchase houses for many reasons question everything Aug 2022 #48

Oh, so 2008 was the borrowers fault...silly me. And here I thought it was the banks making Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #60

What fucking misstep? edhopper Aug 2022 #8

No, they could have started in Junior college. They should have researched question everything Aug 2022 #15

Bullshit edhopper Aug 2022 #17

Junior college isn't cheap either and not all credits transfer you know... Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #21

Oh, I see it is you belief that if they didn't go to junior college than they are not worthy of Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #29

What gives you the right? Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #11

to what? Having a say in where my tax dollars go? question everything Aug 2022 #23

None of us have a say where our tax dollars go...and it is none of you business nor is it your Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #27

Sounds like the kind of bullshit hoops people applying for other benefits have to jump through Ocelot II Aug 2022 #18

If one majored in Biology and became a scientist one should have no problem question everything Aug 2022 #26

Since the program is available only to those who make less than $125K annually, Ocelot II Aug 2022 #31

One doesn't major in biology and become a scientist harumph Aug 2022 #61

"How dare these damn kids not have the sense Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #24

First show me yours Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #3

I can guarantee you that my household has been a "donor" one throughout question everything Aug 2022 #7

Prove it before you take $1 of Medicare! Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #14

Everyone has their social security benefits taxed...that still does not give you the right to Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #16

Federally, not states. question everything Aug 2022 #30

+1000 Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #12

Means testing is just putting up barriers. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2022 #6

Did you want that way every business that got Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #13

Each and every one of 45 million? nt 2 Meow Momma Aug 2022 #20

Who died ... obnoxiousdrunk Aug 2022 #22

I want people to major in art, in music, in philosophy, in languages, in dead languages Solly Mack Aug 2022 #25

Yes, exactly! Ocelot II Aug 2022 #37

Instead of singing in the lifeboat, we can lament how we let the shipbuilder down for Solly Mack Aug 2022 #44

I don't know a lot of 18 year olds with a financial education Sympthsical Aug 2022 #28

I had a few misgivings at first. Then I thought, when I went to school I could pay my tutition with Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #39

I was told all through childhood "Go to college." Sympthsical Aug 2022 #54

This is a wonderful post and honestly, I learned today that you are a terrific human being... Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #58

de rec nt Celerity Aug 2022 #32

I agree...I am glad Biden did this. I had not realized how deeply we had all drank the ... Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #41

Yes, it is pretty cool to see someone the same age as me win a US House Primary, lol Celerity Aug 2022 #55

Oh dear, I hope Sweden doesn't go far right...Florida is depressing. Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #57

With that kind of thinking we wouldnt have had Eko Aug 2022 #33

Negative on your idea WaterSong1951 Aug 2022 #34

Benefit of a college degree were pushed mercilessly for decades. jmbar2 Aug 2022 #36

wow. this is the type of post I never thought I would see at DU. Sad. NewHendoLib Aug 2022 #38

+1 leftstreet Aug 2022 #45

How about scolding the government and banks who sold these loans to teenagers? delisen Aug 2022 #42

Moral Hazard is a Calvinist premise. haele Aug 2022 #43

Where are the tests for rich pricks who got PPP forgiven? leftstreet Aug 2022 #46

The wife and I went to financial counseling. Throck Aug 2022 #47

Good for you. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #49

That is some serious snark...hah Demsrule86 Aug 2022 #59

Kudos to you and to your wife, and the kids question everything Aug 2022 #51

I would like state and community college to be completely tuition-free blogslug Aug 2022 #50

Agree about community college question everything Aug 2022 #52

Examing the debts of tens of millions of people Mr.Bill Aug 2022 #53

Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch. The terms of the loans ended up being ruinous and were... Hekate Aug 2022 #56

+1 H2O Man Aug 2022 #62