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62% of Student Loan Borrowers Say They're Likely to Boycott Repayments: Poll
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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You're assuming everyone with college loans has a degree which is not always true. Plenty of people take out loans intending to get a degree and don't make it all the way. Those loans don't just go away. Now they are paying towards a loan while having none of the benefits from having a degree.
It's pretty easy to understand why many people with student loans might be making less than ~$30k a year if you think about it a little bit.