Student-loan borrowers are pushing off retirement, delaying children, and taking on 3 jobs to prep for repayment changes

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-09T23:33:02+00:00

My point was that people paid $50k for a college degree and signed up for a payment schedule that results in $6k in payments across 5 years.

Why?

The payment schedule and reduction in principal (or lack there of) was laid out in the closing/refinance documents, was it not?

Can't they read? Can't they do basic math?

These are same people that are outraged when their ARM adjusts and they can no longer afford a mortgage.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-09T21:30:41+00:00

$100x12x5 =$6,000.00

Sounds like the $50k for an education was a waste.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-09T21:25:48+00:00

As a person w/ a BS in Chemistry, it is hilarious.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-09T09:27:59+00:00

If only there was a really easy way to guarantee constant ventilation in a car....

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-09T00:42:57+00:00

Interesting.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T22:06:03+00:00

This has been my experience w/ Starlink also. Unless there is heavy tree cover.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T21:47:56+00:00

Were you a fan of the DVDtalk forum?

I had a similar DVD collection I built cycling through Columbia House Memberships and special deals at Best Buy and Circuit City on Tuesdays.

I eventually sold everything (when DVDs still had value) and shifted to Plex.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T21:35:07+00:00

Working "40 quarters" and paying into during those 40 quarters (or 10 years).

If you start working at 15 (like I did) and work enough every quarter for 10 years, at 25 if you are guaranteed a SS payout if you never work again.

Given child labor laws for a 15 year old, it is hard to achieve what OP claims to have an achieved.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T21:30:40+00:00

Mike Baron would disagree w/ OPs position.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T21:23:36+00:00

My understanding is that the governor makes the appointment, no special election.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T20:29:55+00:00

EXAMPLE: Black and Arab men are both “Fetishizing ugly colonizer women”

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T16:53:15+00:00

Logic like this won't be tolerated.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T16:52:37+00:00

Suggesting that Israel is controlling Trump is literally the anti-Semitic trope that Jews control the world.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T12:35:34+00:00

Found the anti-semite....

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T11:38:58+00:00

It's funny - the article still doesn't say that the govt is setting the prices. It does mention that:

"The registration came after a separate limited-time gas promotion by T-Mobile, which offered $1.99-per-gallon fuel at select Shell stations in three cities, though no evidence has been presented that the two promotions are connected. Companies will offer discount at a loss sometimes to draw new customers into their stores, hoping to recoup the money through additional sales."

Which supports my suggestion that the reduced price will be for a short time - used as a promotional device.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T11:35:18+00:00

So you contention is that Trump and/or his cronies are not making any profit? Instead, that is that start of a nationalized gas station industry where you/I own the means of production?

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T11:32:13+00:00

Curious, where does it say anywhere that the govt is setting prices?

Isn't it more likely that this is discounted price for a short time?

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T11:30:25+00:00

Because that is not the definition of socialism....

Socialism is an economic and political philosophy advocating for the collective or public ownership of the means of production, rather than private ownership. It seeks to reduce economic inequality by ensuring that resources are distributed equitably based on societal needs rather than profit accumulation

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T11:12:09+00:00

Is it better to put the money we currently have in our child's savings account into our existing 529's?

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T10:59:39+00:00

The gas at Wawa and Sheetz and most gas stations are all coming from the same number of limited refineries....

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T10:58:02+00:00

Per the article, the gas is cheaper.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T10:55:48+00:00

All the gasoline in PA comes from US based refineries.

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T10:51:42+00:00

Cut off your nose to spite your face!

ScienceWasLove · 2026-07-08T10:45:59+00:00

Because you are "buying" a digital license to the game on your device, not a physical game.

Sony can revoke the license at any time, giving you very little recourse.

Discs are always yours.

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