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ShortFormBlog: For some, student loan debt lingers decades later

shortformblog:

  • 2 in 3 the ratio of students that have student loan debt upon graduation
  • $25k in average student loan debt for graduating students in 2011
  • 5% the amount the average debt load rises each year; uh, wow source

» Every walk of life now has debt: With $117 billion in new federal…

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      be paying mine back till I’m 50.
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      I’ve pretty much decided that I’m never paying off my student debt. I’m 24k in the hole and
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      $25k? Fuck, I fucking wish. I...I’ve got two years left. And I’ve been working this whole...
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      These are the moments I’m glad I go to school in Paris.
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