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Examining Biden's Student Loan Bill (Bailout)

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 13 Jul 23

Biden called his bill "forgiveness" but is it really fair to change an agreement or forfeit on the original terms of a loan? Does that happen with one's "mortgage or rental agreement." How about a "car loan" from the bank or...

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Student loans to be forgiven to thousands of students

joseph anthony yap @NatsuYeung (264) 17 Jan 22

Just read an article on the settling of a lawsuit against a company said to be exploiting students on their loans. Especially in the United States, this shows us the ugly side of capitalism where the poor instead of getting help...

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How many of you have them?

Amber @AmbiePam (120789) • United States 22 Jun 20

Oh, do I hate them. I am talking about student loans. They hang over my head, and I wish I could get rid of them. I wish I had a fairy godmother who would pay for them, but alas! That will not happen. I got a few Pell grants for...

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Student loans

Yasmine @Yasmeena (26) • United States 9 May 17

So I am a student, and like most students I am almost crippled under the weight of my student loans. One of the most eye opening experiences I have had was working at Navient student loans for 2 years (don't hate me, I was a...

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40 Million Americans have student loan debt!

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 18 Feb 17

The total amount owed is over 1.3 Trillion dollars. According to a PBS news show I saw the median debt is about $27000, but the interest rates are not low so the debt grows. Many people have student loans that total over $100,000....

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Student Debt

Kaysi Lynn @Kaygreen1913 (162) 9 Jan 17

I am up to my neck in student debt. It's not as bad as it could be but for my personal situation it is very stressful. I don't have many people to talk to about it because other people are either still in school, haven't gone to...

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Owing student loans

Ms Rae @carebear29 (32002) • Wausau, Wisconsin 25 Oct 16

I owe $67,000 in student loans from being in school for years and years and not graduating sadly enough. Now I am struggling to figure out how to get them off my credit report and getting them all totally wiped out. I heard of the...

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The Solution To Your Student Loan Problem

Peter Gagliardi @PeterGagliardi (132) • , Pennsylvania 19 Apr 16

There is a little known solution to your student loan problem, and the purpose of this discussion is to help as many people as possible. The solutions lies in a government program that most people are unaware of as it was buried...

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So Frustrated Right Now

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 7 Oct 15

I received a letter a few days ago about one of my student loans. It says that I qualify for an interest rate reduction of 0.75% and should have had that reduction from the time my loan went into repayment. It also said that I...

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Free Credit and Financial Advice Blog!!!

billcollectorshateme @billcollectorshateme (68) • United States 22 Nov 13

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Student Loans Never Die...Unless You Do First!

billcollectorshateme @billcollectorshateme (68) • United States 18 Nov 13

Do you agree? http://www.billcollectorshateme.blogspot.com/2013/11/student-loans.html

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Thinking about a life change

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 21 Apr 13

I'm considering going back to school again. I'm getting a lot of conflicting advice from others, so I figured I'd talk to the people of myLot, and see if the advice I'm offered is clearer. When I graduated high school in 1989,...

giving college another try

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Student Loans

Brooke @o2bnocn (2992) • United States 17 Apr 13

Recently I read in an article that Obama has a new earn to pay as you go program for student loans. The article talked about how the plan has flaws but yet every program has flaws. It also mentioned the interest rates in it as...

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Student Loans and Pell Grants

Ladycwells @Ladycwells (96) • United States 5 Nov 12

I know this is not the politics thread, but I have a question and I don't want it to turn into a political debate on the other thread !! If Romney is elected and reverts students back to "ask your parents" for money for college,...

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From Student Debt to Independence as a Graduate Student

fencer07 @fencer07 (98) 12 Sep 12

I only graduated from college a few months ago, and I am already understanding the "difficult economy" that is so often talked about in reference to job seeking. Let's say that I am less-than-satisfied with my ability to get a...

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Student Loan Issue

AidaLily @AidaLily (1450) • United States 6 May 12

So I am realizing more and more as this election goes on that people really have NO idea what they are talking about. They blame the left or the right for problems, lack of solutions, and so on while they continue to allow...

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Will The Government Bail Out Our Schools?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 6 Jan 12

It's that time of year again. Our kids are filing their FAFSA papers (here in the USA). College students are protesting because tuition is going up again. In California it's first come, first serve with the Cal Grants. Why can't...

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how i made money off the dating sites using the 540 numbers

mochababy @mochababy (3) • United States 28 Dec 11

so once again someone is telling me about how to make money off the internet and here i am trying it out lol, this gig was done a long time ago when i lived in nyc. i bought the telephone number that started 540. and i would get...

Owing Sallie Mae

LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2851) • United States 10 Nov 11

It's crazy how a lot of people like me pursue post secondary education after high school at a community college, university or online university only to end up with several degrees and no job. The way that Sallie mae loans are set...

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College frustrations and paying for it

Virgie60 @Virgie60 (556) • United States 8 Aug 11

I need advice really badly. I probably screwed up somewhere but last year was such a challenging year that I shouldn't be surprised that I did. Here is the situation - My daughter (now 17 was 16 at the start of all of this) got...

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