Ilhan OmarVerified account

Then you better give me back all the money I paid towards my loans as well

I’d like $42000 returned WITH INTEREST if this #CancelStudentDebt happens.

I borrowed my financial future away at 12.5% interest. But always intended to pay it all back. I joined the Army in part to take advantage of a loan repayment program, that in five years paid every penny of my college debt including interest. I can do it, so can everyone else.

Ahh yes, the time honored tradition of funneling lower income people into military service.

It would be great- but this isn’t Utopia and choices have consequences. My student debt from 3 semesters crushes me daily but nobody forced me to choose an expensive school. In fact, I probably would’ve finished my education had I chosen to go to community college.

high school students are sold a bill of goods that if they don’t go to college or get into a “good” school that they aren’t going to have a future, when in fact most of the jobs that exist right now are in the trades.

OK ma’am, you asked. If we #CancelStudentDebt we send a horrible message to families who saved, and kids who worked to get through college on their own. We would sustain massive new debt, and face the absurdity of families paying for other kids’ college. Thanks for listening.

I'm confused. Did grants and scholarship programs disappear? Was a law passed stating college students can't work and attend school? Why are so many students buried under the weight of student loan debt?

I do not have student debt because I went through ROTC and served. My husband paid all of his debt since it was a loan. Very proud and independent to paid off loan by himself. I’m for low interest loans, and providing ways to pay through any kind of service.

I've long supported the idea of some national service option to cover or wipe out debt. Akin to military or Peace Core, but a broader scope and mostly domestic options.