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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by a2tech on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:50PM (#15854485)
I wanted to go to college, but couldn't get a loan. Its easy for people who's parents already participate fully in the credit market-but for people like myself who's parents are poor and don't use credit for anything, it wasn't an option.
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by treyfitty on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @02:25PM (#15854877)
My parents were poor. I went to school for dirt cheap at a state school. My cousin went to Princeton for free because his parents didn’t make enough income (the income limit was quite generous, at less than $100k per household in NY).

Being poor, in hindsight, was a blessing.

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