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[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 day ago

This cunts daddy paid for his college were he bought his degree of course he lacks empathy for normal hard working people

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago

So 5.3 million Americans are going to be given less incentive to work and less to lose?

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As a transgender man who served 3 of my 4 years of my TEACH grant before my state made it defacto if not de jure illegal to be a transgender teacher -

I’m fucked lol. I’m just going to have to work under the table the rest of my life. My billionaire ex managed to dump his credit card debt on me, so I’m fucked hopelessly. It’s entirely legal to fire me for being trans in any job. Doesn’t matter whether it’s cleaning vomit after a basketball game or working at a group home - my uterus renders me a non human.

If I do lose my apartment, I’ll make the news in the best way I can though.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (8 children)

You may just want the leave the country at this point my dude

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I really want to keep my books. I love my books and leaving them behind would feel like death. I’ve thought about Costa Rica or a few other places. The cost of the plane ticket is unrealistic; the likelihood of getting the books over is doubtful.

I’ve realized that I probably won’t survive this administration, and I’m just going to go down fighting. I lost everything I care about, and the least I can do is try to make it so no one lives a life like mine again.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Canada doesn't want poor (let alone trans) refugees any more than any other country wants poor refugees. It's a much more progressive country than many, but "just leave" isn't any more of a realistic option for persecuted groups under Trump than it was for the same groups under Hitler.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 73 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Didn't this guy default on most of his loans several times?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago

He also ripped off contractors

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 2 days ago

He could raise money by taxing billionaires who wouldn't suffer but he goes after people who took out loans for education. He also looks especially toad-like in that image.

[–] Bojack411@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Maga won't be affected by this.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh there's a small minority of them and I'm sure they'll be on Facebook complaining about how unfair it is and how they're not hurting the right people.

They do tend to be whiney people after all

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Maga doesn't "do" edumacation.

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[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 239 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The US total population is about 340 million. Those 18 and older is about 254 million.

With 5.3 million defaulted, that means 1 of every 68 adults has defaulted on a student loan.

At any given time, a large grocery store has 1-5 people who defaulted on a student loan.

There is clearly something wrong with the US society with that many people who can't pay for an education, which is needed to barely get a job.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 182 points 2 days ago (46 children)

Once again I'm happy to inform you that yes, it's Ronald Reagan's fault. Damn his evil soul.

In pants shitting fear of "Creating an Educated Proletariat" Reagan took our system of basically free college and turned it into this mess we have now.

(P.S.: If you piss on Ronald Reagan's grave in California and are caught by police its a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine. I don't know about you but I can budget for this particular bucket list item)

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 14 hours ago

If you piss on Ronald Reagan’s grave in California and are caught by police its a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine.

I mean if I was a millionaire YouTuber who farms outrage, based somewhere other than the US, I know what I'd spend a hundred thousand on...

As it stands, I'm not American and don't live in the US, so I can't really partake in the fun. I hope some people do, though.

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 66 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yup, my parents paid for tuition, books, leisure, food, and board working a summer job.

I had to use the GI Bill, a part time job in fall, winter, and spring, full time job in the summer, doing almost no leisure, money I saved up while in the military, and money my grandparents gave me

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 82 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I don't know how anyone can be optimistic about this economy. This isn't death by a million little cuts. we are headed for an unprecedented economic depression.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The guillotine got applied to the economy instead of the... Proper target...

This ain’t nazi sympathizing Reddit bro - you’re allowed to say that a treasonous Russian asset in our government deserves to be executed by guillotine, even if somehow that treasonous Russian asset is the president.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I hope all the zoomer dudes who voted for orangeboi enjoy this delightful financial punch in the dick

[–] KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump supporters can't even read, much less take any kind of higher education degree

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 27 points 2 days ago

For visitors to this thread: I would really recommend that you scroll down a little bit to find the person who was claiming that aktually this is all Biden's fault, and then trying to defend it like it made total sense when people asked WTF they were on about. It is interesting.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

My friend is directly impacted by this. So much winning. Thanks again Don. Really making America great

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When is Trump going to pay his debts for defamation and fraud he has been found guilty or liable for? How about Trump pays back all the debts erased by his six bankruptcies? If he gained money through fraud, what about the taxes he evaded?

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m all for fixing the broken system and I’m sure there are peoples whose loan agreements are so fucked up; HOWEVER, in order to not default on my loans I think the minimum payment is like $20 which doesn’t even cover the interest btw. I think there are people that can pay their loans and aren’t. There’s also a lot of people who were taken advantage of.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I owe about $2500 on a loan of $3500 at 3.4% fixed from 2015. It was on hold until I graduated in 2017 and then it was on hold during covid. The monthly payment is about $26.

That bitch is going to be autopaying until I die.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Don’t worry I’ve been paying $50 for about 15 years 😆. I will say it has done wonders for my credit. 15 year credit history apparently means something.

[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My SO and I have $130k between us and if we get the IBR figured out, it might bring our total payment down to about $1200/mo which is not something we can afford. I've been laid off since Christmas and just started a job, so we're $20k in the hole and haven't been able to pay anything. Now I see my credit is taking hits. That hurts but again, no money. Oh well what's 7 years.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 1 points 23 hours ago

Look into the federal consolidation loans and the income driven repayment. Bankruptcy doesn't get you out of student loans.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Believe me I understand that we were sold a promise and the last 5 administrations did fuck all to ensure the economy was in a good place for us to reap the benefits. It sucks that there’s so many people like you in the same situation.

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