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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by was_boring on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:33PM (#15854277)
question: why would you pay it off early? money (generally) gets cheaper over time and if interest is lower then inflation there is no reason to pay it off early as the debt becomes cheaper every year.
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by Veratyr on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @03:14PM (#15855364)
I no longer live in Australia and as long as you have this debt, you're required to file an Australian tax return. I paid it off to get rid of that hassle.

Also it used to be that voluntary payments got you a discount.

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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by stephen_g on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:21AM (#15858743)
Most people don't - they just pay the minimum required out of their pay every year once they've reached the threshold.

But getting rid of it does make it easier to borrow more money for a house, etc.

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