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[–] Fishstick41@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What's everyone opinion about taking away the interest as long as someone pays monthly? I believe it could be a good compromise and give a opportunity to pay at least something instead of income Dirven payments which do nothing beside keep stacking the interest.. =\

[–] ApathyMoose@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I mean they would have gotten a lot less push-back on the other side if they had done that.

dont get me wrong, i think forgiveness is great.

But the interest rate alone is just crazy. Your guaranteed to just stay in debt forever. Especially since they wanted at least Bachlor degrees (pre-pandemic anyway) for EVERYTHING. looking on indeed they wanted college degrees for jobs paying $12/hr. Like cmon.... How is someone supposed to pay back a loan of $20k + back at 6.5% interest making such small amounts of money. thats not counting trying to find a place to live on that pay.

They wonder why so many more teens and people in their 20s were living at home still. Too expensive to leave.

[–] Fishstick41@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talking about living at home .. I'm finally at 32 moving out.. and moving in with a roommate.. rent here is bad.

[–] ApathyMoose@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Congrats! and Good Luck! I got lucky and Am a few years older then you, so i was able to get it done before everything got so crazy. My area is also isnt too expensive. When i moved out it was with 3 other friends in a rented house. took many years but finally became a homeowner.

Im sure things will calm down someday.

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