When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in…

  • cassetti@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Why did you make the stupid decision to take private loans?

    Dude, you wouldn’t believe what kids are told. My former assistant at a previous job was literally encouraged by his parents to take out personal loans instead of education loans because they were extremely fiscally uneducated and were trying to help their son get a loan without knowing the difference. And being a young teen, he didn’t know any better than to listen to his parents when they suggested where to get a loan and such.

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      1 year ago

      I admit it was a poorly written sarcastic question. I’m painfully aware of the deception and fast talking they inflict on kids. It makes me mad as hell when people think people took on student loans with full information.