• salt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So this completely shuts the door for potential federal student loan forgiveness, right? Man, I was actually still holding out hope. I didn’t understand what I was agreeing to at 18. Loan forgiveness would’ve had such a significant positive impact on my life (+ those of my family and friends). I’m not sure why I thought something like this ever could’ve passed :')

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      1 year ago

      I was 16 when I took mine out. My dad was also a dipshit qanon conspiracy theorist who thought the government would have collapsed by now so he coerced me into taking out max loans. Funnily enough, 20k worth, the exact amount that would have been wiped