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Big Blue Marble

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4. No, they thought they would be making an investment in their future

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 12:07 AM

Sep 2014

just as younger people think when they go to school. The cost
of education today requires loans for most middle income people.

When you have lost your job and do not find a replacement the
best option is to re-educate and retrain for a new job. It is
the jobs that magically went away.

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Seniors Forced Into Poverty As Education Department Demands Payment [View all] RandySF Sep 2014 OP

I guess I'm ,issing something, but why in the world does someone 65+ still owe a student loan? napi21 Sep 2014 #1

A lot of them went back to school Big Blue Marble Sep 2014 #2

What do they think was going to happen yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #3

No, they thought they would be making an investment in their future Big Blue Marble Sep 2014 #4

Your sympathy is touching, but are you sure you aren't on the wrong site ? nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #9

Getting rid of more everyday yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #10

You don't seem to like DUers very much. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #11

And a lot of them ran into age discrimination after they finished. RandySF Sep 2014 #6

Some cosigned a loan for their son/daughter. SharonAnn Sep 2014 #7

Yes, they WILL take your student loan out of your Social Security benefit. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #5

they will seize everything above $750/month SS to satisfy... grasswire Sep 2014 #8

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2014 #12