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NurseJackie

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35. I've had a loan for OVER 10K before and I paid it off in about six years.

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 09:43 AM

Jan 2020

I've had a loan for OVER 10K before and I paid it off in about six years. And I was also living paycheck-to-paycheck, hand to mouth. Why should it take "forever" to pay off a 10K loan? I always presumed that student loans were an actual loan, with a fixed payment and fixed interest. Some folks make it sound as though student loans like having that much debt on a revolving charge card... is that the case? Does the loan amount actually grow and grow and grow... or remain constant... over time (similar to having a big credit card debt and only making the bare minimum payment month after month)?

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Fine I'll admit it. Bernie Sanders is pandering to me. [View all] Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 OP

Said the writing teacher NJCher Jan 2020 #1

Thanks! Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #3

Was a Bernie supporter in 2012 CountAllVotes Jan 2020 #2

We already have voted for a wizard of oz... pbmus Jan 2020 #4

We can't afford anything less than solving our problems now. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #5

Oh that's right. We can only hope. Anything KPN Jan 2020 #26

rainbows and ponies for everyone lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #6

Taking the minimum steps on global warming and Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #7

lets make progress lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #8

You know what? We've tried it your way. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #11

Not eight, forty. The GOP breaks all norms, pillages and KPN Jan 2020 #27

This. We have to fight our way back, and fight hard to make up lost ground. Not inches, but miles. JudyM Jan 2020 #47

.... KPN Jan 2020 #61

Thanks KPN! Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #60

Ah yes those terrible Obama years. BannonsLiver Jan 2020 #28

lol NCProgressive Jan 2020 #37

Best president in my lifetime squirecam Jan 2020 #40

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #52

We got a demagogue cheating his way into office Skidmore Jan 2020 #42

Wow awesomerwb1 Jan 2020 #53

We had control 10 years out of 52 Midnightwalk Jan 2020 #55

That's great rhetoric, but... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #33

THIS!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2020 #51

I'm not for Bernie Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #9

and you forgot to say accurate lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #10

Student loan forgiveness does not require the legislature. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #12

so... let's see lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #14

So because you dont benefit from it, then nobody else should? Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #15

We've had This argument in another thread.... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #34

Indeed, let's see wackadoo wabbit Jan 2020 #17

+100000000 KPN Jan 2020 #30

What?! Yikes. No wonder we have problems. KPN Jan 2020 #29

We are NOT the wealthiest nation on earth lapfog_1 Jan 2020 #49

Shoot for the stars Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #13

anyone who really wants those things should be working on treestar Feb 2020 #73

I hope Bernie doesn't win the nomination and Hav Jan 2020 #16

Do something to earn loan forgiveness! Lexblues Jan 2020 #18

The problem is bigger than yours or my individual loans. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #19

Well we aren't forced to sign up for them Lexblues Jan 2020 #20

I think it is absurd to think something shouldn't be done simply Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #21

It's not just about it not benefiting a particular person.... Happy Hoosier Jan 2020 #38

I'd like to have a full and fair discussion on this... squirecam Jan 2020 #41

I think this is where the "not fair" crowd falters. PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #64

This is nonsense. squirecam Jan 2020 #68

No, my informed opinion is not "nonsense." However, this is: PandoraAwakened Feb 2020 #71

You are correct squirecam Feb 2020 #72

we ALL had student loans. For many of us it was the first mjor financial decison of our lives.. samnsara Jan 2020 #25

I still cannot believe we are arguing.... Skittles Jan 2020 #22

Don't be fooled. He's making pie in the sky promises. NurseJackie Jan 2020 #23

if trump* wins...you can forget about ALL of that.. probably forever. samnsara Jan 2020 #24

Aha! So you want to benefit by $10K and want other people to pay for it!! NCProgressive Jan 2020 #31

I've had a loan for OVER 10K before and I paid it off in about six years. NurseJackie Jan 2020 #35

Actually, there are several ways one can pay off the loans NCProgressive Jan 2020 #36

A family connection took option 1. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #39

They are actually looking like a gigantic crisis Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #63

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I'd like to know more squirecam Jan 2020 #46

Whelp squirecam Jan 2020 #56

I don't care if he panders; I care if he loses so he can't deliver on the pandering... brooklynite Jan 2020 #44

Well of course. We should care if our eventual nominee loses to Trump no matter who she or he may be totodeinhere Jan 2020 #50

Yes, but some candidates have a greater likelihood of losing than others... brooklynite Jan 2020 #57

When he loses to Trump, you will get NOTHING on your wish list. scheming daemons Jan 2020 #45

His pandering and triangulation are effective tools of a career politician. LanternWaste Jan 2020 #48

Not one thing any candidate wouldn't want. LakeArenal Jan 2020 #54

Hey I like you and we have great discussions...but I am done with Bernie Sanders in the primary. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #58

He was fired, no? Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #59

It is too much for me...they had to know who he was and then she liked his video. Demsrule86 Jan 2020 #67

Thanks! You too! Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #69

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2020 #62

$10K for life? The Revolution Jan 2020 #65

More. Tiggeroshii Jan 2020 #66

Thanks for your post. David__77 Jan 2020 #70