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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by vkou on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @06:50PM (#15857312)
No monetary constraints, because I borrowed from the bank of middle-class parents.

No opportunity costs because my earning potential after college was much higher then before. Not everyone can become a college dropout who founds a unicorn.

My situation is not unusual.

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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by ultraluminous on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @12:02AM (#15858672)
"the bank of middle-class parents" is not a real bank. It's your parents. You can pay them whenever (and you most likely never fully/really will, and that's ok). Your opportunity cost might be true and might be "I can't help support my family on a part time job".

Your situation might not be extremely rarefied, but I don't think you grasp the immensely insurmountable advantage you have in this scenario.

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