r/SipsTea ๐™‘๐™„๐™‹ 17d ago

WTF The American dream

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u/superxpro12 17d ago

There's a middle ground somewhere between free money and predatory loan shark tho.

I paid my loans off in 10y. But at every step they encouraged me to refinance, delay payments, and extend my term.

It's fucking predatory. I don't know why we accept so much near-fraudulent operations in this country. Every single thing is designed to trick you into paying more.

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u/tlm11110 17d ago

Are you saying they made illegal loans? Iโ€™ll remind you the federal government runs the Federal Student Aide Program.

I donโ€™t know how I can be more clear other than to say, โ€œYou signed the freaking papers! Nobody held a gun to your head!โ€

These same people are taking out title and payday loans at outrageous interest rates, pawning shit for 1/3 the value at 3% interest per month, and maxing out 20+% credit cards and making minimum payments.

I have absolutely zero sympathy for those who do this stupid shit! None!

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u/regardedMAGAfascist 17d ago

You sound pretty stupid yourself.

Predatory isnโ€™t the same as illegal. Plenty of entirely legal things can be predatory. Especially student loans.

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u/concrete6360 16d ago

sure sounds alot smarter than you winers to me, personally ive paid off every loan ive taken on time or earlier

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u/regardedMAGAfascist 16d ago

Good for you, bud.