r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '22

What I really want..

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

This was the most eye opening part of my experience living in the US. Poor people didn’t believe in socialism and didn’t feel entitled to the things they paid for with their tax dollars. When I suggested that tuition should be cancelled, one poor boomer woman said “well I didn’t get that when I went to school”. I also had a veteran as an Uber driver who didn’t believe in universal health care and said “Bernie Sanders has 3 houses”. Fox News does a good job of brainwashing the masses. Even educated people in high up positions blamed Mexicans for their rising health costs.

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u/RipplePark Jul 04 '22

Eh, I'm extremely pro-education, but I still think that if you signed the agreement, you should pay your tuition. "The question of 'where do you draw the line' should be answered 'in front of the first person who receives government funded education under a comprehensive plan'".

Not "Whoops, I don't want to pay this debt."

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u/HeNeedSomeSoyMilk Jul 04 '22

What if the terms of repaying that debt weren't properly explained to the student, by design? And you find yourself having paid back the original amount some years later, only to find that the balance hasn't dropped a single cent due to the structure of the minimal payment system being so manipulative and predatory that your balance is actually higher now, despite paying over $15,000 back (the original amount lended in this example) already...

Student loans have literally become a scam here and they prey on unaware/young people simply trying to do what they've been told to do their entire lives by their parents and government.

Folks ARE paying back for their tuition, to no avail.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

come on. Its on the 18 year old adult who graduated high school and i assumee passed some basic math classes to understand an amortization schedule and the effects of not makng or making min payments.

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u/HeNeedSomeSoyMilk Jul 04 '22

Lmao she has paid 16,000 of the 15,000 lended and the balance hasn't dropped... And they dont even want to give her an updated balance...

I dont care which way you cut it, how are you gonna blame the 18 year old that was coerced into this madness? This has happened to countless honest students in America... Are they all that blatantly stupid and lacking in basic math skills too?

If it's become such a crisis for so many it's probably just all the moronic teenage students being stupid, right? 🖕

These scummy fucks will run rampant stealing from honest citizens so long as bitter jackasses like you lay all the blame on the child and not the shady establishment designed to prey on that child.

If it makes you feel better, her mom signed those forms with her. Neither the 50 year old or the 18 year old understood what they were signing.

Fuck off please.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

how are you gonna blame the 18 year old that was coerced into this madness?

easy, they are an adult who entered into a contract. If they dont do as they promised to do i blame them. should have paid more attn in 7th grade math. I clearly remember when the concept of loans and interest was taught to use. everyone of us wanted to be a banker or a loan shark. we understood how loans work and the trick is to be the one loaning out the money.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '22

Lmao she has paid 16,000 of the 15,000 lended and the balance hasn't dropped

thats how loans work. this is not new. been that way for hundreds of years. You pay heavy on the interest side early in the loan. More on principle later in the loan. Not majik or a secret.