Topic: Fake anon
Erik !AltRitexT6 started this discussion 2 years ago #111,706
Where do you stand on student debt forgiveness? On a personal level and a Jewish perspective.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #1,240,835
I paid off all my student loan debt. Took out somewhere around 50-60k and paid it all back with interest over the course of about a decade. Student loans are dumb as shit and making kids need to take on 5 or 6 figures of debt so they can get a piece of paper that doesn't distinguish them in any way from their peers entering the job market is a colossal waste of everyone's time and money. It should all be canceled and the entire college funding system be redone.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU double-posted this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,837
Oh and jewishly uhhhhh something something usury shekels goyim while I rub my hands together hebrewly.
Erik !AltRitexT6 (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,838
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 51 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,841
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 2 years ago, 5 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,850
@1,240,838 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
Glad to see there is something resembling a human conscience in there.
@previous (C)
I don't remember exactly, but probably like $200-300ish? I used that plus my birthday money plus my allowance ($5/wk) that I had been saving up for months to buy an xbox.
Glad to see there is something resembling a human conscience in there.
@previous (C)
I don't remember exactly, but probably like $200-300ish? I used that plus my birthday money plus my allowance ($5/wk) that I had been saving up for months to buy an xbox.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 2 days later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,982
@1,240,835 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It's crazy how many people have had the exact same experience as you but come to the opposite conclusion. Like they think because they had to suffer repaying their debts, it's unfair to them to allow others not to suffer. Such a cruel perspective.
It's crazy how many people have had the exact same experience as you but come to the opposite conclusion. Like they think because they had to suffer repaying their debts, it's unfair to them to allow others not to suffer. Such a cruel perspective.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,984
@1,240,838 (Erik !AltRitexT6)
Up until the turn of the 21st century it was common for undergrad tuition in the States to be heavily subsidized, like 90% or more. The cost of books, lodging, etc. were always considered ripoffs, though, so college was hardly free even if you got a scholarship. Student loans existed but for undergrad students it was not too big, like in the low thousands at most.
A student loan forgiveness program wouldn't be a bailout -- it would be a return to the old way of paying for college.
Up until the turn of the 21st century it was common for undergrad tuition in the States to be heavily subsidized, like 90% or more. The cost of books, lodging, etc. were always considered ripoffs, though, so college was hardly free even if you got a scholarship. Student loans existed but for undergrad students it was not too big, like in the low thousands at most.
A student loan forgiveness program wouldn't be a bailout -- it would be a return to the old way of paying for college.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,985
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 2 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,987
@1,240,982 (D)
It sort of all depends on how you think about it. If you view every student loan as a discrete personal choice people made, then it makes some amount of sense to say "you made a bad call, tough luck." If you view student loans as the result of decades of policy decisions designed to dramatically increase the number of people attending college without implementing mechanisms to limit college costs, then you view it more like a systemic failure where students are the ones left holding the bag. It's all about the framing.
It sort of all depends on how you think about it. If you view every student loan as a discrete personal choice people made, then it makes some amount of sense to say "you made a bad call, tough luck." If you view student loans as the result of decades of policy decisions designed to dramatically increase the number of people attending college without implementing mechanisms to limit college costs, then you view it more like a systemic failure where students are the ones left holding the bag. It's all about the framing.
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dj coco nut joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,240,988
