Close to Home by John McPherson for January 07, 2025

Don’t laugh, this is happening for real.

I fail to understand why many borrow so much money that realistically can’t ever be paid back. Degrees don’t guarantee high paying jobs.

Maybe sleepy Joe helped him out (not). Seems like Joe really wanted to pay off lots of loans(for whatever reasons) while many worked hard to pay theirs off with no help.He was basically trying to buy votes from the grads. How did that work out Joe. Joe…..Joe…..are you there?

Skip college completely; drop directly into a university golf course.

I was walking on campus at the local university when three elderly ladies asked me where the office of the registrar was. I asked if they were there to pay off their student loans. They had a good laugh.

My grandson starts college soon. $30,000/year. I just can’t believe a degree is that expensive. I took engineering (worked to pay for school) and had no problem getting employed. Grandson just wants to play soccer in college and the coaches encourage that but without financial help. I encourage him to at least get a business degree. He has great grades.

I don’t remember what I said in 2019, if I said anything at all… so, I’ll just say congratulations Ferncod! Now where’s that $50 you owe me?!

Next Fernccd can work on paying off his Trump University loan.

Which is just proof of how worthless degrees have become.

And how many people enrolled in Trumps “P T Barnum” University???

Could that be the Ryan Ferncod of the Cape Cod Ferncods?

sadly funny.

The federal government just increased the $36 trillion (and growing) national debt to do it for him.

….at least some pay them off!

There are some who never come close to paying them off because they keep taking so many credits to keep it going….

I don’t understand why some college loans are being forgiven. Nobody coerced these people to borrow the money. I don’t see it as any different than borrowing money to buy a house or car. You give me money for my purposes and I give it back with interest. Except, oh dear, these poor people don’t want to pay it back. So we’ll just forget about it. Does not teach accountability for one’s own actions. Just my own opinion fostered by my being taught to be responsible all my life. Your opinion may well be different.

Congress funding these indoctrination centers with our tax dollars. Collages should loan their OWN money & decide where it would be best placed. How many dei student loans will EVER be paid back. lol If you watch Judge Judy, you’ll see where these loans are used to pay criminals bails, reloaned to boyfriends & most will borrow a LOT of money & Never even get a degree!

college degrees…the ultimate MLM scam

Whoooooo Hoooooooo! Someone’s gonna get lucky tonight! Not you Bleeb! LOL. :)

60 years ago you didn’t need to takeout loans for degrees. My 4 year degree was less than $7000 with all text books. Which I paid for myself. Working as I went to school.

and now it’s on to paying the nursing home bills!

He never lost interest.

There are Diploma Mills out there that rake in the money but are not always good at finding work for their graduates.

And his account has retired

It’s a miracle!

I get tired of hearing this. Work hard in high school, get scholarships. I’ve “paid” for three fabulous college degrees this way. Many employers also will pay tuition or pay back loans. Don’t whine. Get to work and figure it out.

I incurred my last college loan in 1992, and I made my last payment in 2022.

To be fair, though, I had deferments while I was in grad school and in the early 2000s I was able to restructure the loan where I was able to halve my payments in return for a longer pay period.