• @orangebussycat
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    -362 years ago

    Good. Pay your loans, people. Money doesn’t grow on trees.

    • Flying Squid
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      132 years ago

      Why should people have to pay back their student loans when corporations didn’t have to pay back their much bigger PPP loans?

      • @orangebussycat
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        -192 years ago

        Because those loans were dischargeable when they applied for them, whereas students agreed to pay back what they borrow.

        • Flying Squid
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          112 years ago

          Sorry, your answer is “because they said it was okay that time and not okay the other time?”

          • @orangebussycat
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            -72 years ago

            Without PPP loans half the country would be unemployed and the economy would be a disaster. Meanwhile, a college education increases your lifetime earnings by $1.2 million, so you’re just being greedy and asking for a bailout.

            • Flying Squid
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              42 years ago

              Meanwhile, a college education increases your lifetime earnings by $1.2 million

              How much of that $1.2 million goes to paying back loans with interest?

              • @orangebussycat
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                -72 years ago

                The average federal student loan debt is $37k. If you can’t afford 37k over the span of several years you need to reexamine your financial decisions.

                • Flying Squid
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                  62 years ago

                  Sure, if you ignore interest, it’s easy to pay off that $37k. Too bad there’s interest and people are paying more on that than their original loan was worth. People with good jobs. How are you unaware of this?

                  • @orangebussycat
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                    -42 years ago

                    The $37k includes interest, and even if it didn’t, your loan is heavily subsidized. Without the federal government’s guarantee, you would need to fork over collateral and your APR would be double digits. The government is already giving you a massive handout and you have the nerve to ask for more.

        • @Elivey
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          92 years ago

          Then why did they call them PPP loans?