Federal student loan borrowers can expect “the most affordable student loan plan ever”, Biden said in a video address on Tuesday announcing significant changes to the debt from higher education held by over an eighth of the country.

    • @[email protected]
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      1110 months ago

      Do you still pay interest on those loans with low monthly payments? Because that will just make the problem worse in the long run.

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        10 months ago

        Yes, but the interest charged per month can’t be higher than what you pay, so your balance can never increase if you’re making payments.

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          10 months ago

          Also there is a forgiveness period after 10+X years for $12+X thousand in subsidized loans (as I understand it).

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      810 months ago

      This is great, but they should just have one gigantic green square that covers everybody.

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        110 months ago

        It would be simpler, but then we would be subsidizing the 1% student loans. We already have that problem with social security: giving out massive payments to rich people while the program slowly runs out of money.

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          -110 months ago

          Who cares? This is how they fuck us. We can’t help anyone because someone who doesn’t need help can get it? Life is unfair you don’t make it less fair by making us all suffer.

          The vaccine is available for free to everyone, as a result people who wanted it got it. That means the homeless and billionaires.