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Occupy Student Loan - want free college
Posted by GeismarGeauxer on 4/25 at 7:53 am
Just heard woman on CBS radio news say she has to delay marriage and kids due to student loan debt.

The movement wants to have all student loan forgiven and for college to be free.

Thoughts?

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Posted by yellowfin on 4/25 at 7:59 am to GeismarGeauxer
think she's an idiot


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Posted by bpfergu on 4/25 at 8:02 am to yellowfin
She just needs to get over it and quit bitching. She's not in any different of a position than tens of millions of other people.


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Posted by BROffshoreTigerFan on 4/25 at 8:06 am to GeismarGeauxer
quote:

Just heard woman on CBS radio news say she has to delay marriage and kids due to student loan debt.


I'd be interested in knowing what her age is, what her degree is in, and how much debt she has

I didn't know what the shite I wanted to do after high school. I only knew that I wanted a few years away from baseball. Instead of jumping into college and taking meaningless classes towards an unknown major, I went to work. Somethings happened and I was pushed out of a job that I hated, and since I had no post high school education and not much experience doing much else besides working in the auto industry, I turned to the oilfield.

I put my time in working the field, and now have a nice office job with an amazing company.

Oh, and no student debt. Having a degree probably would have saved me a couple years in the field, but I'm overjoyed with landing this job through my knowledge that I gained by working hard. You don't always need to have a degree.

And my thoughts about what you asked initially.

Those lazy fricks need to grow up and learn how to work and earn their way.

ETA: or what fin said:
quote:

think she's an idiot


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Posted by GeismarGeauxer on 4/25 at 8:40 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
Student loan debt hits $1 Trillion...Occupy Student Debt wants it all forgiven and college to be free...what ever happened to personal responsibility? No one made people get into student loan debt...they chose to
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Posted by reb13 on 4/25 at 9:48 am to GeismarGeauxer
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what ever happened to personal responsibility? No one made people get into student loan debt...they chose to


While I agree, all of this cheap money handed out by the government has led to a sky rocket in tuition prices. It is one thing for private schools to put you in 100k of debt, it is another for a public school to do that.



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Posted by AbsolutTiger on 4/25 at 9:50 am to GeismarGeauxer
While I think she's an idiot, I'd get in line to have mine forgiven


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Posted by VABuckeye on 4/25 at 9:54 am to reb13
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It is one thing for private schools to put you in 100k of debt, it is another for a public school to do that


Are the professors and buildings free at public universities? You want a good education you pay for it.



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Posted by SlowFlowPro on 4/25 at 9:58 am to VABuckeye
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Are the professors and buildings free at public universities?

have buildings and professors gained so much value that they out-pace our increases in medical costs?




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Posted by yellowfin on 4/25 at 10:02 am to reb13
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While I agree, all of this cheap money handed out by the government has led to a sky rocket in tuition prices. It is one thing for private schools to put you in 100k of debt, it is another for a public school to do that.


I'm all for the government getting out of the student loan business. If you can't afford college or get a private loan then go to work.



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Posted by BROffshoreTigerFan on 4/25 at 10:06 am to reb13
quote:

While I agree, all of this cheap money handed out by the government has led to a sky rocket in tuition prices. It is one thing for private schools to put you in 100k of debt, it is another for a public school to do that.


I don't think it's too much to ask these consumers to do a little homework and math before signing on the dotted line and getting money for college. If they're studying journalism and take out 80k of loans for a career that starts at 40k a year, they should realize its gonna take quite a bit of time to see any daylight.

Just because you can get a degree in ballroom dancing and just because you can get student loans from the fed to study that, doesn't mean you should.



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Posted by Cold Cous Cous on 4/25 at 10:11 am to SlowFlowPro
That chart is completely insane. Where is all that money going?


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Posted by TheHiddenFlask on 4/25 at 10:32 am to Cold Cous Cous
College is free, as long as you work scholarships.

I didn't get a single needs based scholarship and I never paid a nickel in tuition until my last year in MBA school and that's only because I quit my GA position that was covering 3 grand in tuition to go for a better paying job.

People who take out loans to get a shitty degree from an expensive college are dumb.



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Posted by SlowFlowPro on 4/25 at 10:33 am to Cold Cous Cous
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Where is all that money going?

i am curious what the universities are doing with it, personally. i'm sure administrators and professors are robbing the coffers blind until this gravy train ends



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Posted by Teddy Ruxpin on 4/25 at 10:34 am to BROffshoreTigerFan
Slow is just pointing out that the government through its lending practices inflated college tuition.

I have a shite load of debt and my major isnt ballroom dancing. Decent job, trying to pay it back with all available means.

This chick has one thing correct, the people I went to school with are no where near homes or children (im 27). Youre gonna see that argument come up a lot for people looking for a bailout.


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Posted by beaverfever on 4/25 at 11:02 am to GeismarGeauxer
So what, is she starving? She's basically just bitching that she has to work hard to pay for a better future. Get in line bitch.


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Posted by ZereauxSum on 4/25 at 11:49 am to GeismarGeauxer
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Just heard woman on CBS radio news say she has to delay marriage and kids due to student loan debt.


Either she:

A: Believes that people shouldn't be paid for proving a product/service (education), which would make her a hypocrite.

B: Believes educators should be be paid, just not by her, which would make her a lazy arse dysfunctional leach.

Either way, she needs to sit down and STFU.




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Posted by reb13 on 4/25 at 11:54 am to SlowFlowPro
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'm sure administrators and professors are robbing the coffers blind until this gravy train ends



Defined Benefit Pensions. That is all you need to know about where that money is going.



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Posted by 90proofprofessional on 4/25 at 11:56 am to ZereauxSum
I'm gonna go with
quote:

B: Believes educators should be be paid, just not by her


I for one am glad she has to delay having children. I wish somehow we could ensure that behavior continues for the rest of her child-bearing years.



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Posted by TheIndulger on 4/25 at 1:27 pm to GeismarGeauxer
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Danielle Jokela will have paid $211,000 for $79,000 in student loans by the time the debt is paid off in 25 years.


Ouch.



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