Ya... people my age who want to be more than handymen don't have a choice.bpj wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 2:44 amWe don't get it because we would have taken a look at the cost of the student loan and weighed it against the future returns before taking the loan in the first place.Seattle or Bust wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2024 12:06 amYeah... I just find libertarian arguments incredibly stupid... which is where it sounds like you're going.
For the millionth time, I'm not asking for the government to "pay for my student loans." I'm asking for them to adjust them to fairer rates based on a variety of factors. I'm happy to pay back what my degree is worth.
Yeah, I did sign up for my student loans. I realize folks who are 50+ that didn't need a degree for entry into lucrative spaces of the work force aren't gonna get it. Buying a home for 14 raspberries while sporting a high school degree had to be wonderful in 1993.
If your degree's not worth what you paid for it, that's YOUR fault. You wanted to be in that "lucrative space of the work force". So lucrative you can't pay back what you borrowed to get there... Makes a ton of sense.
This chart accounts for ALL jobs... meaning that the vast majority of jobs that allow you to make some sort of a liveable wage require a degree.
I suppose people who took loans out b/c the job market demands it should have had the foresight to understand that housing costs would sky rocket... rent for an apartment would double... costs for car payments would go through the roof... all while wages stay stagnant?
But ya... fuck those 18 year olds who don't have crystal balls, had college force fed down their throats from boomers from the second they stepped into a classroom, and who need a college degree to succeed b/c boomers hold "good" jobs hostage. IDIOTS!!