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Student Loan Debt Cancellation - Should people who paid off during freeze get refunds?

Posted on 6/17/22 at 1:47 pm
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51270 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 1:47 pm
I think the student loan forgiveness thing is a bad idea for many reasons. However, I really hate that people who did the right thing and paid them off (especially during these past couple of years when interest was at 0%) are screwed over.

Yes, I'm mad because I paid them off during the freeze.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
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Posted on 6/17/22 at 1:50 pm to
I will be mad if they make the forgiveness $20k b/c it will tell me that I shouldn't have paid my SL during the freeze.

It will still make me mad b/c I've paid tens of thousands of dollars ahead already and they won't rebate me that money, either.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:12 pm to
Just allow people to write them off in bankruptcy
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:15 pm to
Why on earth did you people continue to pay this shite during the freeze lol
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28872 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:22 pm to
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It will still make me mad b/c I've paid tens of thousands of dollars ahead already and they won't rebate me that money, either.



how mad are those of us who didn't take any loans at all and got through without debt going to be?

tough 6.5 years where i lived like a hobo and took no vacations or had fun. hell i didn't even have enough money to start drinking till i was 24
Posted by vistajay
Member since Oct 2012
2495 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:35 pm to
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Why on earth did you people continue to pay this shite during the freeze lol


Because they could get ahead on their loan without compounding interest and pay it off quicker. Many will not qualify for debt cancellation, whenever that comes.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3323 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:36 pm to
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Just allow people to write them off in bankruptcy
You can
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
11176 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:48 pm to
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Just allow people to write them off in bankruptcy You can

Only if you plan to spend the rest of your life as a vegetable, otherwise it’s not dischargeable as part of bankruptcy.
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3323 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 2:57 pm to
That’s not true lol
Posted by armsdealer
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 6/17/22 at 3:15 pm to
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quote:
Just allow people to write them off in bankruptcy
You can


Source
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
35302 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 4:00 pm to
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Because they could get ahead on their loan without compounding interest and pay it off quicker. Many will not qualify for debt cancellation, whenever that comes.


You can do that without paying during the freeze lol.


I haven’t paid a single cent on my students loans since march of 2020 and I will still never pay another cent in interest on them.
Posted by KillTheGophers
Member since Jan 2016
6211 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 4:10 pm to
What about the stupid people, like me, that worked while in school as to lot graduate with debt?

Sucks for me - oh well
Posted by AllbyMyRelf
Virginia
Member since Nov 2014
3323 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 5:03 pm to
Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp., 831 F.2d 395, 396 (2nd Cir. 1987)
Posted by JKLazurus
Member since Jun 2016
261 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 5:39 pm to
Every human interest story published focuses on peoples’ inability to pay down their debt. It seems like the practical solution would be to just eliminate the interest.
Posted by JKLazurus
Member since Jun 2016
261 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 5:49 pm to
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Just allow people to write them off in bankruptcy


Or just reduce the statute of limitation for pursuit. The system is out of balance when the SOL for a student loan is the same as a homicide.
Posted by Puffoluffagus
Savannah, GA
Member since Feb 2009
6097 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 6:24 pm to
I'll just be mad watching debt get canceled while I'm paying my 6 figure student debt while also knowing that I'm funding the canceled student loans with my 6 figure annual tax bill.

Double ouch.
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
4649 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 8:00 pm to
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Why on earth did you people continue to pay this shite during the freeze

Maybe because they aren't pieces of shite and they believe they should repay the money they borrowed and not try to get something for free.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
35302 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 8:21 pm to
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Maybe because they aren't pieces of shite and they believe they should repay the money they borrowed and not try to get something for free.



Nothing about that requires you to pay loans when your lender explicitly tells you that you do not have to pay at this time.


Posted by HailToTheChiz
Back in Auburn
Member since Aug 2010
48935 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 8:28 pm to
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Because they could get ahead on their loan without compounding interest and pay it off quicker. Many will not qualify for debt cancellation, whenever that comes.



This right here
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36110 posts
Posted on 6/17/22 at 8:50 pm to
If they cancel any amount of student debt then they should eliminate the student loan program going forward.

It is patently unfair for the American taxpayers to redirect wealth to college educated people. This would be at the expense of people who couldn't afford to attend college or were responsible enough to pay the loans they incurred
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