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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:33 AM Original message |
Pay student loans or lose Social Security pay |
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DeadHorse (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. I forgot my student loans |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You would be amazed at what people forget... |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Hi DeadHorse!! |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. I forgot I owed $ 20,000 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Frankly I don't have a problem with this |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So if you don't pay.... |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. he should have addressed the problem years ago.. |
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yppahemnkm (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Absolutely |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. So we should just let people slide on what they owe? |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I'm saying... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I agree, as I've stated before, there should be hardship exceptions |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You say... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. Wouldn't People With Med or Vet Degrees Be Able To Pay? |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. I pretty much agreed with you up until this last statement..... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Mainly what I was thinking about with that statement |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. And if you're advocating for uniform responsibility, I'm with you... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Cool, yeah, I think we're approaching the same solutionq |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
71. Sometimes one has no choice but to become a professional student |
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reclinerhead (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. It's not all bad ... check out the "Kalamazoo Promise" |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
55. what's wrong w. garnishing pay checks? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Student loans are some of the easiest to readjust if you can't afford it |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. I guess we should open up poor houses again. n/t |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. especially the disabled man who stubbornly refused to die |
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RoBear (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Thanks for being so understanding. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Well, first off, if you would re-read my posts |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. It must be nice |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. My life worked out as planned, HAH, that's a laugh |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. in 9 out of 10 cases |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. OK, here let me quote a study on the matter then |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. who did that study? |
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Don Claybrook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. outside the scope of the story, but... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. It not only would be nice but you would think that a rich nation like this |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. They do in Germany. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Congresspersons don't repay their student loans, and they don't |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Which members of Congress are delinquent in repaying student loans? |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Do you have a source |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Can you say indentured servitude? |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have no sympathy for this guy.... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. Not saying it is right |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. As an American citizen I would hate to think |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. During rayguns administration the feds kept most of my tax refund |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
15. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ! |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Social Security will be there. |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. wait and see |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. Upon what do you base your assertion? |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. This kind of doomsday talk has been around for 40 years. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised by getting SS, than to count on it |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. you get a loan. you pay for it. that is the risk and responsibilty |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. or me.. BUT people need to do some checking NOW |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. cool socal ..... good to know. and good it is off your back n/t |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I know a gal who works in social services and she has had |
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Village Idiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. I hope they charge a really obscene interest rate. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
72. no hot-shot, I'm struggling to pay mine back now |
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f-bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. I have a problem with this because |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Excellent point! |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
75. That is troubling |
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f-bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-07-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Absolutely-that is my point |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. This makes me glad that I saved the receipt I got when I made |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. They sent me a congratulatory letter after my last payment |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. a LOT of them, dflprincess |
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Tracer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. The "letter writer" sounds phony to me. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What can't you believe? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. The other odd thing is that the Govt. comes after you if you don't pay |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
59. they come after you if you don't pay AND you have a job |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Hmmmm... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. The interest and service fees compound |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. student loans can be used for medical school as well.... |
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William Bloode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Edit, because i may have made the wrong comment here. |
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BeerIsClear (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. They can't touch you |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. LOL, that's the Soviet Constitution whcih wasn't worth the paper... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. i paid my student loans- but i still lost SS benefits- |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
50. How do yo forget your student loans? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. ...Meanwhile, the U.S. spends millions each day in Iraq... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. you can't collect from people w. no income and no assets |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. My parents worked hard and sacrificed... |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-06-06 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. Great |
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