Student Loan Forgiveness Rant
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@scottalanmiller said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
HIs whole argument here is that it's the public sector which is offering this benefit with "our" tax dollars. I think he's fine with private businesses doing this same matter because they aren't operating with a $20trillion and growing debt with no solution in sight
The alternatives are raising salaries a bunch for government roles (unpopular), or only historically rich, or the very stupid will end up working in government as the private sector absorbs everyone with debt who's smart. All of these options suck
Why are those the only options?
Why not just make people pay their bill, period?
Well, in this case, they are. He's paying it through a signing bonus. So while SOME student debt forgiveness might be a problem because it is not given fairly, that doesn't apply here where it is a signing bonus.
$63K is way more than I ever had in student loans.
I want a $63K gift. Do all of you mind giving me a lot of money for my inability to pay my loans? (@PenguinWrangler again just using you as an example as this is a rampant issue, not hating on you)
I understand your point of view. I have worked hard so I can be at a point that with or without this, my loans will be paid off. I am sorry but I am damn good at my job, and the public defenders office could really use me. This is what is throwing that job into the yes column after my current work offered me a $17,000 a year raise to stay, about $6,000 more than the government job.
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@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
Just curious @DustinB3403 how you feel about scholarships given prior to attending college, even without knowing if that individual will get a "meaningful" degree. Or how you feel about athletic scholarships that pay for school just because of a skill that rarely translates to a job down the road.
Scholarships are based on proven metrics, I don't have an issue here in most cases. I've also never received any.
Grades, athletic performance etc etc. In the public space, say community college giving an athletic scholarship I think is worthless and a waste of resources.
Academic scholarships I see as worthwhile and worth the investment.
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
I want a $63K gift.
I think you're missing one of the primary requirements mentioned above. Unless I misunderstood what @anthonyh said, they have to continue making payments on their student loans for 10 years, THEN once the 10 years is up, the government would forgive the remaining balance on the loan. From the sounds of it, after the 10 years the entire balance is nearly paid anyway. So maybe they'll actually get a couple thousand dollars? Did I completely misunderstand this or what?
edit: Unless you have a huge balance on your loans and take a job where your income based payments are so low they'd barely touch the balance after 10 years.... But this doesn't sound like the case here.. He said after 5 years he would have the loans paid off anyway, so he wont be receiving any benefits in this regard.
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@scottalanmiller said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
HIs whole argument here is that it's the public sector which is offering this benefit with "our" tax dollars. I think he's fine with private businesses doing this same matter because they aren't operating with a $20trillion and growing debt with no solution in sight
The alternatives are raising salaries a bunch for government roles (unpopular), or only historically rich, or the very stupid will end up working in government as the private sector absorbs everyone with debt who's smart. All of these options suck
Why are those the only options?
Why not just make people pay their bill, period?
Well, in this case, they are. He's paying it through a signing bonus. So while SOME student debt forgiveness might be a problem because it is not given fairly, that doesn't apply here where it is a signing bonus.
$63K is way more than I ever had in student loans.
I want a $63K gift. Do all of you mind giving me a lot of money for my inability to pay my loans? (@PenguinWrangler again just using you as an example as this is a rampant issue, not hating on you)
If you think people shouldn't take out loans they can't pay then the schools should be on the hook for the students not paying.
Blaming the person taking out a loan (Who's not a sovereign state) is dumb. -
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
I want a $63K gift. Do all of you mind giving me a lot of money for my inability to pay my loans? (@PenguinWrangler again just using you as an example as this is a rampant issue, not hating on you)
So basically what you're saying is that the point is still going over your head. This isn't a gift. It's a signing bonus/incentive/income (untaxed)/fringe benefit/whatever you want to call it. He is literally working to pay off his debt. A gift would be if he (and other like him) were just given the money with no expectation of employment.
But sure to use your analogy, I'll give you a 64K$ gift if you promise to work for me at 20% less then average wage for the next 10 years, I won't release the funds until you've payed me for 10 years straight, while working for me, and then I'll just release whatever is left over to you. Sound good?
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@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
So basically what you're saying is that the point is still going over your head. This isn't a gift. It's a signing bonus/incentive/income (untaxed)/fringe benefit/whatever you want to call it. He is literally working to pay off his debt. A gift would be if he (and other like him) were just given the money with no expectation of employment.
Signing Bonuses (especially for education) often have a clawback (If you don't stay for xxx amount of time you have to give it back).
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
Screw the kids, Darwinism needs a leg up here.
This right here.... I think we've reached Poe's law.
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@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
Screw the kids, Darwinism needs a leg up here.
This right here.... I think we've reached Poe's law.
This Po?
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@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
So basically what you're saying is that the point is still going over your head. This isn't a gift. It's a signing bonus/incentive/income (untaxed)/fringe benefit/whatever you want to call it. He is literally working to pay off his debt. A gift would be if he (and other like him) were just given the money with no expectation of employment.
Signing Bonuses (especially for education) often have a clawback (If you don't stay for xxx amount of time you have to give it back).
Which is what this is specifically. You lose all the benefit if you stop working for them during that time. If you do start working again the clock starts over.
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@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
So basically what you're saying is that the point is still going over your head. This isn't a gift. It's a signing bonus/incentive/income (untaxed)/fringe benefit/whatever you want to call it. He is literally working to pay off his debt. A gift would be if he (and other like him) were just given the money with no expectation of employment.
Signing Bonuses (especially for education) often have a clawback (If you don't stay for xxx amount of time you have to give it back).
Which is what this is specifically. You lose all the benefit if you stop working for them during that time. If you do start working again the clock starts over.
My signing bonus had a clawback up to 1 year. I've seen education have an up to 3 years after you finish your MBA (Oil Company), but the trick there is you get your NEW employeer to pay off your old bonus (and give you a bigger one).
Golden handcuffs don't work if the new guys start throwing diamonds at everyone.
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@penguinwrangler said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@momurda no it is not taxed as income. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service/questions
Even worse! Meaning they are just giving you an extra $63K over the term. Go find a job that pays that extra money per year and pay your debts.
As stated above, it's not over a year, but over 10 years, so only $6,300 a year of value.
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@dashrender said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@penguinwrangler said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@momurda no it is not taxed as income. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service/questions
Even worse! Meaning they are just giving you an extra $63K over the term. Go find a job that pays that extra money per year and pay your debts.
As stated above, it's not over a year, but over 10 years, so only $6,300 a year of value.
Which is well within the realm of realistic private job market value.
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
Just curious @DustinB3403 how you feel about scholarships given prior to attending college, even without knowing if that individual will get a "meaningful" degree. Or how you feel about athletic scholarships that pay for school just because of a skill that rarely translates to a job down the road.
Scholarships are based on proven metrics, I don't have an issue here in most cases. I've also never received any.
Grades, athletic performance etc etc. In the public space, say community college giving an athletic scholarship I think is worthless and a waste of resources.
Academic scholarships I see as worthwhile and worth the investment.
I've seen people with high GPA and ACT (SAT) scores get lots of money for college only to blow it partying and on worthless degrees. I think I'd rather someone get the scholarship on the back-end (forgiveness/help with repayment) after they've proved their worth vs some bogus test they took at 16 years old.
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@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
Just curious @DustinB3403 how you feel about scholarships given prior to attending college, even without knowing if that individual will get a "meaningful" degree. Or how you feel about athletic scholarships that pay for school just because of a skill that rarely translates to a job down the road.
Scholarships are based on proven metrics, I don't have an issue here in most cases. I've also never received any.
Grades, athletic performance etc etc. In the public space, say community college giving an athletic scholarship I think is worthless and a waste of resources.
Academic scholarships I see as worthwhile and worth the investment.
I've seen people with high GPA and ACT (SAT) scores get lots of money for college only to blow it partying and on worthless degrees. I think I'd rather someone get the scholarship on the back-end (forgiveness/help with repayment) after they've proved their worth vs some bogus test they took at 16 years old.
I can agree with this, if there was any decent way to calculate the file cost of education. I wouldn't want this benefit to balloon to 6 figures.
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@dashrender said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
As stated above, it's not over a year, but over 10 years, so only $6,300 a year of value.
$6300 plus 0-15% for taxes (I would View this as something more like a stock grant because of the time bomb with it, so it's capital gains long term rates applying here).
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@zachary715 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
I've seen people with high GPA and ACT (SAT) scores get lots of money for college only to blow it partying and on worthless degrees. I think I'd rather someone get the scholarship on the back-end (forgiveness/help with repayment) after they've proved their worth vs some bogus test they took at 16 years old.
IF the cost of college is 100K and I MIGHT get it paid back if nothing bad happens to me in college I wouldn't have gone to College....
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@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dashrender said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@penguinwrangler said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@momurda no it is not taxed as income. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service/questions
Even worse! Meaning they are just giving you an extra $63K over the term. Go find a job that pays that extra money per year and pay your debts.
As stated above, it's not over a year, but over 10 years, so only $6,300 a year of value.
Which is well within the realm of realistic private job market value.
Not sure what your point is? The entire point of this loan repayment/forgiveness plan is to incentivise people to work in the public sector. Making the public sector marginally competitive with the private is kind of the point.
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@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
If you think people shouldn't take out loans they can't pay then the schools should be on the hook for the students not paying.
Blaming the person taking out a loan (Who's not a sovereign state) is dumb.Personally I think schools should have to provide accurate information as to what you are buying. Saying stuff like "our graduates earn XX% more than students without a degree" if misleading if you give Bill Gates an honorary degree and include his income figures in your calcs.
Education is an investment and you should be able to find out what you are investing in.
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@mike-davis said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@storageninja said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
If you think people shouldn't take out loans they can't pay then the schools should be on the hook for the students not paying.
Blaming the person taking out a loan (Who's not a sovereign state) is dumb.Personally I think schools should have to provide accurate information as to what you are buying. Saying stuff like "our graduates earn XX% more than students without a degree" if misleading if you give Bill Gates an honorary degree and include his income figures in your calcs.
Education is an investment and you should be able to find out what you are investing in.
The government already does that to make the department of labor stats look more favourable to college grads.
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@coliver said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dashrender said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@dustinb3403 said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@penguinwrangler said in Student Loan Forgiveness Rant:
@momurda no it is not taxed as income. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service/questions
Even worse! Meaning they are just giving you an extra $63K over the term. Go find a job that pays that extra money per year and pay your debts.
As stated above, it's not over a year, but over 10 years, so only $6,300 a year of value.
Which is well within the realm of realistic private job market value.
Not sure what your point is? The entire point of this loan repayment/forgiveness plan is to incentivise people to work in the public sector. Making the public sector marginally competitive with the private is kind of the point.
Private and public sector jobs need to be filled all the same. Why incentives one rather than simply making the pay comparable?
The reason is because there is no private sector judicial system (or anything even remotely comparable in this case). If the government allowed individual businesses to be the court system, what point does the government serve?
The job is there, it needs to be filled by a candidate who is proven to be licensed in the required field. There are plenty of public requirements that can be used as benefits outside of paying for their education that are built in as a part of the position. Like transportation, room and board etc.
A lot of public employees are given "company cars" etc.
Removing someone debt for a public sector job like this doesn't help the matter of the national debt at all. It only compounds it.
