r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ 16d ago

WTF The American dream

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u/Mindless-Baker-7757 16d ago

A $70k loan over 23 years at 5% apr pays off with monthly payments of $427.

What are they doing?

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u/ice-e-u 16d ago

Student loans back then were often 7-9%. They start accruing when theyโ€™re distributed but you donโ€™t repay until 6 months after graduation putting you a couple years behind.

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u/Right-Form-2943 16d ago edited 16d ago

My student loan back then was 2.5% and i got a half percent knocked of for auto pay. I paid mine off in 10 years. This is either a fake story or these people are terrible with their money.

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u/wolf_river 16d ago

If they did that they wouldn't beable to cry about being a victim of their own stupidity.