student loans

[talkstohisself]

the six time bankrupt felon wants to garnish peoples ss check for student loan repayment  cutting snap  Medicaid  gutting healh care the Va   bleeding out retirement  accounts  just not enough for this criminal.

[darnoldrocks]

I am all for students having to pay back their loans.   Why shouldn't they?

As for the rest of your complaints, I think you are listening to CNN too much. 

As for Medicaid, the only cuts I have heard of are for people able to work, but choosing not to. 
Bleeding out retirement.   You will need to update this comment every couple of months because the stock market is volatile.   If you are retiring and can't afford volatility, you need to put your money in proven winners paying dividends and GIC's.   That is under your control. 

[JOHN FRANK]

I guess I needs to chime in here.
UNCLE SAM paid for me BS degree in MARKETING. And paid for books and a montly stipend for attending. A good reason for those that choose to join MILITARY and then after leavin go and get a college degree. And I might add. Even when in MILITARY and you want to make a career of it,you can still attend part time and UNCLE covers everythin.
Went on to get my MS. It be in PARK and RECREATION MANAGEMENT and minor in ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE.
Went on at POST GRAD,it called CAPS. CERTIFICATE of ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL STUDY. Got me degree in SITE PLANNING.
IT took some time to get all me degrees because I was always a part time student. I worked and me softball career took up a lot of me time.
But I paid for my MS and CAPS,out of me own pocket. And semester hours were not that cheap. That why I would only take 2 courses a semester.
But I DID IT. Obviously,I have no student loan debt.
Here what I can not understand. People,now collecting SOCIAL SECURITY have still not paid off their STUDENT LOANS. They had a lifetime to do so.
Me thinks they never wanted to. And they probably have great credit,becuse they refused to not pay back what they owed. I got no sympthee for them. REMINDS me and I put them in the same category as DRAFT DODGERS. Let them now sweat and lose income because they refused over years to not pay back

JOHN FRANK ARMY has SPOKEN.

[dougie]

With scholarships and money from us, my son graduated with about $10G student debt. It took him about 2 years to pay it off. In my humble opinion, only military personal whould get a "free ride" for college. Every other one should pay the loan back in the 10 years allowed to pay it back.

[tumbleweed]

With scholarships and money from us, my son graduated with about $10G student debt. It took him about 2 years to pay it off. In my humble opinion, only military personal whould get a "free ride" for college. Every other one should pay the loan back in the 10 years allowed to pay it back.

I agree with you Dougie. Very good post!

[kantseeback]

I guess I needs to chime in here.
UNCLE SAM paid for me BS degree in MARKETING. And paid for books and a montly stipend for attending. A good reason for those that choose to join MILITARY and then after leavin go and get a college degree. And I might add. Even when in MILITARY and you want to make a career of it,you can still attend part time and UNCLE covers everythin.
Went on to get my MS. It be in PARK and RECREATION MANAGEMENT and minor in ENVIROMENTAL SCIENCE.
Went on at POST GRAD,it called CAPS. CERTIFICATE of ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL STUDY. Got me degree in SITE PLANNING.
IT took some time to get all me degrees because I was always a part time student. I worked and me softball career took up a lot of me time.
But I paid for my MS and CAPS,out of me own pocket. And semester hours were not that cheap. That why I would only take 2 courses a semester.
But I DID IT. Obviously,I have no student loan debt.
Here what I can not understand. People,now collecting SOCIAL SECURITY have still not paid off their STUDENT LOANS. They had a lifetime to do so.
Me thinks they never wanted to. And they probably have great credit,becuse they refused to not pay back what they owed. I got no sympthee for them. REMINDS me and I put them in the same category as DRAFT DODGERS. Let them now sweat and lose income because they refused over years to not pay back

JOHN FRANK ARMY has SPOKEN.

You had the good GI bill.
In 1976 they changed the GI bill for education to a system where you paid 1 dollar towards your education and uncle Sam matched that dollar.
I have no clue what todays GI bill looks like, but I hope it's better than the 1976 version because a lot of vets now served during war time in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan etc.
One of my lifelong friends has 2 sons, one served 2 tours in Afghanistan in the Army and his brother is a lifer in the Marines. I think that one has been in the Marines about 15 years now.