Two conservative groups are asking a federal court to block the Biden administration’s plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans for more than 800,000 borrowers.
Who would ever get a loan as they do now if that’s the case. You get a student loan. Four years later you declare bankruptcy and seven years after that your credit returns to normal.
“Bankruptcy is really bad on your record” not when every college student does it. It would be stupid not to do it.
Or you will get more scrutiny on what major you take and what grades you get as that will be part of the risk factors if you will ever pay it back.
I know you mean well but what you propose basically will change how college plans are given out and give the middle and upper class an advantage to even go to college.
Who would ever get a loan as they do now if that’s the case. You get a student loan. Four years later you declare bankruptcy and seven years after that your credit returns to normal.
Even better - if students won’t be able to get loans, collages and universities will be forced to tone their tuition down.
That would be good, in theory. But I imagine only some colleges will lower. If mom and dad put their house up for collateral, many will still secure massive money, and ivy leagues and similar will probably retain high cost.
I think the real solution in the long term is to lower prices for colleges and universities for all people. Though I have heard some say “well that doesn’t help me, since I already paid for college”, which is the wrong attitude to take for this.
It’s not insane to think you couldn’t have limits to the situation. It could be as simple as having a time limit and/or only under extreme circumstances such as medical emergency debts (which can be insane) for which to impose on anyone that takes a loan. Just like they give you a buffer after graduating before you have to start paying on the loan. It’s not hard to have some limitations in this idea. It’s not all black and white here.
Who would ever get a loan as they do now if that’s the case. You get a student loan. Four years later you declare bankruptcy and seven years after that your credit returns to normal.
“Bankruptcy is really bad on your record” not when every college student does it. It would be stupid not to do it.
Or you will get more scrutiny on what major you take and what grades you get as that will be part of the risk factors if you will ever pay it back.
I know you mean well but what you propose basically will change how college plans are given out and give the middle and upper class an advantage to even go to college.
Even better - if students won’t be able to get loans, collages and universities will be forced to tone their tuition down.
That would be good, in theory. But I imagine only some colleges will lower. If mom and dad put their house up for collateral, many will still secure massive money, and ivy leagues and similar will probably retain high cost.
I think the real solution in the long term is to lower prices for colleges and universities for all people. Though I have heard some say “well that doesn’t help me, since I already paid for college”, which is the wrong attitude to take for this.
It’s not insane to think you couldn’t have limits to the situation. It could be as simple as having a time limit and/or only under extreme circumstances such as medical emergency debts (which can be insane) for which to impose on anyone that takes a loan. Just like they give you a buffer after graduating before you have to start paying on the loan. It’s not hard to have some limitations in this idea. It’s not all black and white here.