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RenegadeMonster said:
As for interest rates, they are awful. Mine are around 5.35%. They are variable rate interest. They were lower 10 years ago in the low to mid 3% range, but that's where they are at today.

I know people taking out student loans today are getting around 7%.
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It's because the the $100-400 a month that the normal person is paying per month often doesn't crack the principal. you are just paying off the interest accumulated. And for a lot of millennials the interest accumulated was quite high during the recession and the years that followed. If you are earning 35k a year (which is what the average millenial makes) and your rent is 750-1.5k (depending on city and roommates), it can be pretty difficult to make a dent. Obama's income-based repayment plan has actually kind of added to the problem. 10% of 35k definitely doesn't make that dent when your interest rate is 5-7%.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
It's because the the $100-400 a month that the normal person is paying per month often doesn't crack the principal. you are just paying off the interest accumulated. And for a lot of millennials the interest accumulated was quite high during the recession and the years that followed. If you are earning 35k a year (which is what the average millenial makes) and your rent is 750-1.5k (depending on city and roommates), it can be pretty difficult to make a dent. Obama's income-based repayment plan has actually kind of added to the problem. 10% of 35k definitely doesn't make that dent when your interest rate is 5-7%.
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Yeah, I was paying about $100 a month on mine and $82 would go to the principal, with $18 going to interest toward the end of the loan. At the start of any loan, a good chunk of the payments go toward interest and this lowers as you pay it off. At the start I'm sure only $10 was going to principal and $90 towards interest. This is the same we're seeing with our mortgage as well. Month by month, more of our payment is going towards the principal.
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
It's because the the $100-400 a month that the normal person is paying per month often doesn't crack the principal. you are just paying off the interest accumulated. And for a lot of millennials the interest accumulated was quite high during the recession and the years that followed. If you are earning 35k a year (which is what the average millenial makes) and your rent is 750-1.5k (depending on city and roommates), it can be pretty difficult to make a dent. Obama's income-based repayment plan has actually kind of added to the problem. 10% of 35k definitely doesn't make that dent when your interest rate is 5-7%.
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Doubling my income and doubling rent would give you a better picture of the Boston area.

So yes, my wages are higher than the average millennial, but so is my rent. End of the day it's just as difficult for me to make a dent.

Back during the recession I wasn't making that much. But rent was high. My monthly payment on the income based repayment program didn't even cover monthly accumulated interest making $35k at the time. Then when I got the job I have now, based off my salary the income based repayment program would have been $830 a month. And that's just for federal loans. I still have the private loans on top of that. I chose the graduated repayment program because that was all I could afford. So for the next 2 years my payment only covered the interest and 0 principal. But it was all I could afford to make. Then when the graduated repayment program went up and they adjusted my monthly bill for the increased amount the loan had grown for may payment grew too large to be manageable. I continued to pay them what I could, what I was before and fell behind to the point where they defaulted.

I have to figure something out within the next couple months or I fully expect the federal loans to start garnishing my wages in the order fo 15% of gross income.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Trolls have social engineered Google to display a rat for the Democratic Parties logo instead of a donkey.


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  • Rats take care of injured and sick rats in their group.
  • Without companionship rats tend to become lonely and depressed.
  • Rats have excellent memories. Once they learn a navigation route, they won’t forget it.
  • The rat is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. People born in this year are thought to possess characteristics which are associated with rats, namely: creativity, intelligence, honesty, ambition and generosity.
  • Rats are recognised as the vehicle of Lord Ganesh in Indian tradition. They are worshipped at the Karni Devi Temple, where priests and pilgrims will feed them grain and milk.
 
The same folks I saw crying about "death panels" a decade ago are now all over my feeds saying we should just let all the sick people go to the hospital and let the doctors sort out who lives. You actually have an incentive to get sick earlier than others to ensure that you secure the limited resource of a hospital bed for yourself before they're gone. Doctors will end up rationing care either way, but as long as it's based on free market principles and not socialized medicine, it's okay!
 
Joe Biden has been projected to win Florida.

Not surprised. Earlier the day it looks like he was winning by almost double.

The number of votes counted is incredibly low though state wide. Also there are reports of lots of precincts not even opening. So I wonder if the results will hold.
 
RenegadeMonster said:
Joe Biden has been projected to win Florida.

Not surprised. Earlier the day it looks like he was winning by almost double.

The number of votes counted is incredibly low though state wide. Also there are reports of lots of precincts not even opening. So I wonder if the results will hold.
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With 97% in, turnout looks like it will match or be slightly higher than 2016; despite COVID19.
 
So does all this coronavius prevent Trump from getting another a term? If nothing else from all this mess, that is my hope. You know come November the democratic party will play commercials of trump saying this was all a hoax before shit hit the fan.
 
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