Ms. Freud still has $13k left on her student loan debt on her doctorate (psychology).
So, she gets a call today from the loan servicer. Hmmm, she wonders, did she miss a payment? She calls back. She’s on the phone for almost two hours. I wonder to myself — wtf is going on? Bottom line; there’s some government program out there that if you have a student loan and work in a hospital as a psychologist, then they (da Gooberment) will forgive up to $10,000 of that loan. Mind you, she did NOT seek out a Get Free Shit card, they called her. And so, just like that, in a matter of two hours, $10k of debt was wiped off her ledger!
Goddamn. What a country.
I suppose that makes us officially Free Shitters. Maybe I’ll vote “D” this fall?
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.NAH!!!!!!!!
Stucky…….if that had been offered to others, say a special group that didn’t include your family, wouldn’t you have posted a lengthy shitfest on how our gubbermint is using future taxpayer dollars to erase a current obligation willingly and knowingly undertaken by members of that group.
” … wouldn’t you have posted a lengthy shitfest …” —- kokoda
OK, I’ll answer.
NO, I would not.
And, neither would you. Suppose there was some program you qualify for —- let’s call it Mortgage Forgiveness For Smart Asses — THEY call you, and say “Kokoda, we want to wipe out you mortgage debt.” — you know damn well that you would sign up in a heartbeat …. as you should, and I certainly would not criticize you for it.
This is one of the first things that should be learned in life …. no later than kindergarten.
IndenturedServant
July 27, 2016 9:04 pm
Stucky, that is partly why I’m in no hurry to pay off my wifes student loan or even my mortgage. It’s unlikely I know but just in case there is a debt jubilee or write off of some portion of student loans I want to get all I can out of it.
anarchyst
July 27, 2016 9:50 pm
Here is food for thought, especially for those who support “public education” and rally about the doctrine of “socialization” that they claim is lacking in “homeschooled” children.
Let’s look at what “public education” has to offer:
1. Cliques and rampant bullying, quite often the victim of bullying punished more harshly for fighting back. Many times, bullies are part of a “protected” class–racial minorities, jocks, etc. Strong official disapproval of students making friends outside their grade level. “Peer pressure” used to push conformity.
2. Teachers that don’t teach reading writing and arithmetic. Pushing communist principles such as rabid environmentalism, blaming humanity for conditions beyond our control as well as pushing “communitarianism” (“it takes a village”)–actually communism. This also ties in with teacher-recommended feminizing and drugging (mostly boys) to make them “less fidgety” and more compliant–all for the “benefit” of the teacher.
3. Non-existent moral guidance…the communist concept of “values clarification”, allowing each student to set his own moral standard with no discussion permitted as to guidelines. A student dare not mention God or the Bible in “public school”–not permitted…discussing Islam is OK…even field trips to mosques are encouraged.
4. Sex education that normalizes homosexuality and other deviant practices, actually encouraging deviant behavior and downplaying heterosexuality and abstinence.
5. Insane zero tolerance practices, punishing students for pop-tarts shaped like guns or a student having an “unauthorized aspirin” or plastic butter knife. Of course, abortions and birth control are available without parental notification.
6. Lockdowns and backpack/locker searches by police utilizing “drug dogs”, getting the upcoming generation used to random unconstitutional searches. Quite often, students “roughed up” by “school resource officers”…just because they can…Lockdowns should be reserved for prisons–not schools…
Since these “socialization” practices seem to be the norm in our “public education” systems, parents who send their children to these dysfunctional “indoctrination centers” are guilty of child abuse…
Children who are homeschooled actually do much better in life as they are comfortable with people of all ages. True socialization takes place outside the classroom.
Anarchyst, about that socialization thing; When they say that your children won’t be socialized if you homeschool them, just tell them, ” That’s fine. I’d rather they don’t learn to be socialists.”
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Welcome to the machine.
Speaking of public education ….
Ms. Freud still has $13k left on her student loan debt on her doctorate (psychology).
So, she gets a call today from the loan servicer. Hmmm, she wonders, did she miss a payment? She calls back. She’s on the phone for almost two hours. I wonder to myself — wtf is going on? Bottom line; there’s some government program out there that if you have a student loan and work in a hospital as a psychologist, then they (da Gooberment) will forgive up to $10,000 of that loan. Mind you, she did NOT seek out a Get Free Shit card, they called her. And so, just like that, in a matter of two hours, $10k of debt was wiped off her ledger!
Goddamn. What a country.
I suppose that makes us officially Free Shitters. Maybe I’ll vote “D” this fall?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.NAH!!!!!!!!
Stucky…….if that had been offered to others, say a special group that didn’t include your family, wouldn’t you have posted a lengthy shitfest on how our gubbermint is using future taxpayer dollars to erase a current obligation willingly and knowingly undertaken by members of that group.
Seems UNFAIR to me. Right of Refusal?????
Are you insane??
Do you walk away from a $500 suit that’s on sale for $200? If someone gives you $1,000 for your birthday, do you refuse?
WE were NOT looking for free shit. THEY offered it … in fact, Ms Freud said they almost begged her to take the time to do the “paperwork” online.
Who the fuck walks away from ten thousand dollars? You, apparently. Goody for you.
Stucky……nice reply but you didn’t answer my question; but first, you have to be detached and unemotional in order to appreciate my question..
” … wouldn’t you have posted a lengthy shitfest …” —- kokoda
OK, I’ll answer.
NO, I would not.
And, neither would you. Suppose there was some program you qualify for —- let’s call it Mortgage Forgiveness For Smart Asses — THEY call you, and say “Kokoda, we want to wipe out you mortgage debt.” — you know damn well that you would sign up in a heartbeat …. as you should, and I certainly would not criticize you for it.
I am just getting at the UNFAIRNESS in America.
Regardless of you and others taking the money, IT IS UNFAIR to me and all others who went into debt and paid off that debt via work and savings.
Life is not fair.
This is one of the first things that should be learned in life …. no later than kindergarten.
Stucky, that is partly why I’m in no hurry to pay off my wifes student loan or even my mortgage. It’s unlikely I know but just in case there is a debt jubilee or write off of some portion of student loans I want to get all I can out of it.
Here is food for thought, especially for those who support “public education” and rally about the doctrine of “socialization” that they claim is lacking in “homeschooled” children.
Let’s look at what “public education” has to offer:
1. Cliques and rampant bullying, quite often the victim of bullying punished more harshly for fighting back. Many times, bullies are part of a “protected” class–racial minorities, jocks, etc. Strong official disapproval of students making friends outside their grade level. “Peer pressure” used to push conformity.
2. Teachers that don’t teach reading writing and arithmetic. Pushing communist principles such as rabid environmentalism, blaming humanity for conditions beyond our control as well as pushing “communitarianism” (“it takes a village”)–actually communism. This also ties in with teacher-recommended feminizing and drugging (mostly boys) to make them “less fidgety” and more compliant–all for the “benefit” of the teacher.
3. Non-existent moral guidance…the communist concept of “values clarification”, allowing each student to set his own moral standard with no discussion permitted as to guidelines. A student dare not mention God or the Bible in “public school”–not permitted…discussing Islam is OK…even field trips to mosques are encouraged.
4. Sex education that normalizes homosexuality and other deviant practices, actually encouraging deviant behavior and downplaying heterosexuality and abstinence.
5. Insane zero tolerance practices, punishing students for pop-tarts shaped like guns or a student having an “unauthorized aspirin” or plastic butter knife. Of course, abortions and birth control are available without parental notification.
6. Lockdowns and backpack/locker searches by police utilizing “drug dogs”, getting the upcoming generation used to random unconstitutional searches. Quite often, students “roughed up” by “school resource officers”…just because they can…Lockdowns should be reserved for prisons–not schools…
Since these “socialization” practices seem to be the norm in our “public education” systems, parents who send their children to these dysfunctional “indoctrination centers” are guilty of child abuse…
Children who are homeschooled actually do much better in life as they are comfortable with people of all ages. True socialization takes place outside the classroom.
Anarchyst, about that socialization thing; When they say that your children won’t be socialized if you homeschool them, just tell them, ” That’s fine. I’d rather they don’t learn to be socialists.”
anarchyst, “Children who are homeschooled actually do much better in life….”
Can you cite any longitudinal studies that support this?
My wife and I are both 67. We attended government schools in the 50’s and 60’s , and hated them.
We home schooled our children because we didn’t want to subject them to that horror.
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