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[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

This cunts daddy paid for his college were he bought his degree of course he lacks empathy for normal hard working people

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a transgender man who served 3 of my 4 years of my TEACH grant before my state made it defacto if not de jure illegal to be a transgender teacher -

I’m fucked lol. I’m just going to have to work under the table the rest of my life. My billionaire ex managed to dump his credit card debt on me, so I’m fucked hopelessly. It’s entirely legal to fire me for being trans in any job. Doesn’t matter whether it’s cleaning vomit after a basketball game or working at a group home - my uterus renders me a non human.

If I do lose my apartment, I’ll make the news in the best way I can though.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You may just want the leave the country at this point my dude

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I really want to keep my books. I love my books and leaving them behind would feel like death. I’ve thought about Costa Rica or a few other places. The cost of the plane ticket is unrealistic; the likelihood of getting the books over is doubtful.

I’ve realized that I probably won’t survive this administration, and I’m just going to go down fighting. I lost everything I care about, and the least I can do is try to make it so no one lives a life like mine again.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Didn't this guy default on most of his loans several times?

He also ripped off contractors

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 58 points 2 days ago

He could raise money by taxing billionaires who wouldn't suffer but he goes after people who took out loans for education. He also looks especially toad-like in that image.

[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Maga won't be affected by this.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

Maga doesn't "do" edumacation.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh there's a small minority of them and I'm sure they'll be on Facebook complaining about how unfair it is and how they're not hurting the right people.

They do tend to be whiney people after all

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about all the fratboys?

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 14 points 1 day ago

They are in a frat because mommy and daddy pay the bills.

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[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 233 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The US total population is about 340 million. Those 18 and older is about 254 million.

With 5.3 million defaulted, that means 1 of every 68 adults has defaulted on a student loan.

At any given time, a large grocery store has 1-5 people who defaulted on a student loan.

There is clearly something wrong with the US society with that many people who can't pay for an education, which is needed to barely get a job.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 174 points 2 days ago (40 children)

Once again I'm happy to inform you that yes, it's Ronald Reagan's fault. Damn his evil soul.

In pants shitting fear of "Creating an Educated Proletariat" Reagan took our system of basically free college and turned it into this mess we have now.

(P.S.: If you piss on Ronald Reagan's grave in California and are caught by police its a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine. I don't know about you but I can budget for this particular bucket list item)

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 63 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup, my parents paid for tuition, books, leisure, food, and board working a summer job.

I had to use the GI Bill, a part time job in fall, winter, and spring, full time job in the summer, doing almost no leisure, money I saved up while in the military, and money my grandparents gave me

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 38 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Brought to you by the early 20th century labor movement.

The foundation got laid so strong that people had time to forget what it even was or why it existed, what it was like before. It was worse than today, if you can imagine. Now we're going to have to build the whole damn thing again. No one "in charge" is planning to help with it, either, just like last time.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

And Reagan adopted his policies from the owner class think tanks. They worked for decades to create the conditions and people needed to realize what transpired under Reagan. 🥲

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 26 points 2 days ago

Do they do group rates?

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

and the answer to this problem? let's kick those already on the floor!!. fuck yeah murica

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 75 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I don't know how anyone can be optimistic about this economy. This isn't death by a million little cuts. we are headed for an unprecedented economic depression.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The guillotine got applied to the economy instead of the... Proper target...

This ain’t nazi sympathizing Reddit bro - you’re allowed to say that a treasonous Russian asset in our government deserves to be executed by guillotine, even if somehow that treasonous Russian asset is the president.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I hope all the zoomer dudes who voted for orangeboi enjoy this delightful financial punch in the dick

[–] KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump supporters can't even read, much less take any kind of higher education degree

While that may be the statistical correlation, it’s not true as a blanket statement

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 12 points 2 days ago (5 children)

lol, you think most of those guys went to college?

I think you’d be surprised how many of them did

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 26 points 2 days ago

For visitors to this thread: I would really recommend that you scroll down a little bit to find the person who was claiming that aktually this is all Biden's fault, and then trying to defend it like it made total sense when people asked WTF they were on about. It is interesting.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

My friend is directly impacted by this. So much winning. Thanks again Don. Really making America great

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 81 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When is Trump going to pay his debts for defamation and fraud he has been found guilty or liable for? How about Trump pays back all the debts erased by his six bankruptcies? If he gained money through fraud, what about the taxes he evaded?

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 26 points 2 days ago

When you make him

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[–] Whateley@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This dildo is practically asking for another attempt on his life.

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Gotta pay for that birthday parade somehow

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

So 5.3 million Americans are going to be given less incentive to work and less to lose?

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m all for fixing the broken system and I’m sure there are peoples whose loan agreements are so fucked up; HOWEVER, in order to not default on my loans I think the minimum payment is like $20 which doesn’t even cover the interest btw. I think there are people that can pay their loans and aren’t. There’s also a lot of people who were taken advantage of.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My SO and I have $130k between us and if we get the IBR figured out, it might bring our total payment down to about $1200/mo which is not something we can afford. I've been laid off since Christmas and just started a job, so we're $20k in the hole and haven't been able to pay anything. Now I see my credit is taking hits. That hurts but again, no money. Oh well what's 7 years.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Believe me I understand that we were sold a promise and the last 5 administrations did fuck all to ensure the economy was in a good place for us to reap the benefits. It sucks that there’s so many people like you in the same situation.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time for the under the table economy to rise sgain

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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 21 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Roughly 2.9 million people who have student loans are age 62 or older. I'm very curious as to how many in that demographic are within this defaulted status. Mostly because any change in social security benefits for a retiree is life altering and if any significant portion of that group that's defaulted is also this 62 or older group, the changes this will have a massive impact on the population. Retirees that get caught into money troubles not only brings them down, but usually the family that ultimately has to catch them from completely falling through the cracks.

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