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…

  • meco03211@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No private loans here. Have enough to pay off the last of my student loans sitting in savings. Also no kids (by choice not lack of financial security). Speaking of which I’m very financially secure.

    Also chiming in with a hearty “go fuck yourself” to that guy. Hell I wouldn’t care if they picked my specific income level as the cutoff and everyone below got loans forgiven and me and above have to still pay. There are tons of people who need relief.

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      1 year ago

      I’m of the same opinion my brother and/or sister. Thank god income-based repayment seems to be making some progress. Unfortunately with cost of living the way it is, even “double the poverty line” won’t help everyone who really needs it.

      And don’t even get me started on the lack of bankrupcy protection for student loans, like actually what the hell was the rationalle behind that.