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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:01 PM Original message |
Student loan debt will be a major issue in the coming years |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those tech and trade schools cost a lot of money too |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Actually less money than people think |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Yup. My DH is in that position. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. The advent of income-based-repayment... |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Just so you are aware |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep. Place to be. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. On a macroeconomic level, high student loan debt saps consumer buying power. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I would never support tax payer dollars going to college |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I agree. Admissions requirements need to be strict. For everyone else, there's trade school. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I recently started a new career as a telecom worker (field technician) |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Are you represented by CWA? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes I am |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Nice. They do good work representing their workers from what I've heard. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, the debt I incurred back in the 80's for college was nothing compared |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is there a bailout in the works for students trying to repay loans? I didn't think so. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yes, but most people don't know about it. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. See if IBR works... |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Some of the best poets, butterfly ranchers, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. 10 years out. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. There already is a new one |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Colleges are busy accepting everyone they can get their hands on. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. reply |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. by the time I RETIRE I'll still owe $50K or so on student loans.... |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. After 25 years... |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. 25 years a debt slave |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And then you can look forward to |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Not all of it. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. not to mention the credit card debt that they have right out of school as well. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. I graduated in April |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Corporations have told us |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. go to a community college,ace every course, and walk in as a junior |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So your solution is basically |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. TwixVoy this is so timely.... There is a campaign called RAISING PELL..... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. The solution is to bring costs down.. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. You're absolutely right |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. Obligatory GA Hope Scholarship plug: GA public university tuition is free... |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Wow that is quite a deal |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. There are some good schools in GA. GaTech for Sciences and Kennesaw for Liberal Arts |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I almost went to Georgia Tech |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. my daughter is in a better situation than I am because of the HOPE scholarship.... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Its really quite a good deal even for out of state folks. |
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