America’s student debt crisis is a hot-button issue not just for graduates and universities, but for politicians as well. Some are arguing for debt forgiveness and eventually free education, while others believe the system is working just fine the way it has been for years.
All of these posts will make you feel for these folks and it might even remind you of your own financial situation.
Take a look.
1. Sad, but true
Wall Street: HELP HELP WE'RE GOING TO DIE WE NEED MONEY
Government: Ok, here's 700 billionStudents with loans: HELP HELP WE'RE GOING TO DIE WE NEED MONEY
Government: *laughs in capitalism*— Decolonial Nun Strike Force (@zechareyah) June 13, 2019
2. Not the same
It seems that Boomers who boast about “starting with nothing” don’t understand that starting adulthood with nearly $40k in student loan debt isn’t the same as starting with nothing. #latestagecapitalism
— Disenfranchised Millennial
(@pnwLeftist) June 10, 2019
3. Yikes
I graduated from law school 6 years ago with $250,000 of student loan debt. But after years of hard work and tens of thousands of dollars of payments, I can officially say that I now owe $315,000.
Hooray!
— Matt Lane (@MattLaneWrites) September 18, 2018
4. In a nutshell
Since 1987 when adjusting for inflation, the % increase in:
Tuition costs at public universities : 183%
This is student debt crisis in a nutshell.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) June 2, 2019
5. Mystifying
At the age 18 they will let you commit to $200,000 in student loans but won’t give you a $20,000 Business loan…. Think about that!
— Nathan Allen Pirtle (@workwthecoach) June 6, 2019
6. The short end of the stick
Millennials:
– Fighting wars in the Middle East for 18+ years
– Came of age during the worst financial crisis since Great Depression
– Student debt up to our eyeballs
– Health insurance that doesn't cover shitAnd all we get for our troubles is everyone mad at us about avocados
— Ally Maynard (@missmayn) June 6, 2019
7. A trap
I graduated undergrad with $38,200 in loans.
To date I've paid $20,763.
My balance is: $37,615.
Dear Media: Tell me again how I can't afford a house because of an avocado toast trend instead of saying how #StudentLoans are a fucking trap that keeps ppl in debt.— Idalin Bobé –
(@IdalinBobe) April 22, 2018
8. Doesn’t seem right…
When I was 17 I went to get a Limp Bizkit tattoo and when they wouldn’t let me because I didn’t have a guardian’s approval, I cried and punched a lamp post. 3 months later I was allowed to take on $119,000 in loans to go to art school.
— Bill Dixon (@BillDixonish) July 8, 2018
9. Punished for success
I graduated with a masters of Architecture in 2011 with $65k in student debt. I have paid $48k, but still have $50k of debt left.
This country needs Architects, doctors, lawyers and engineers, but we are punished for success. Our education system is broke. #StudentDebtCrisis
— Architects for Pete (@architects4pete) April 25, 2019
10. Triggered
This train ad really triggered me
#studentloans pic.twitter.com/H8fu4pXSEz
— Tim Wong (@timmWongg) June 6, 2019
11. No way around the truth
“Young adults are being forced to rely on help from parents to survive due to overwhelming student loan debt and cripplingly low wages” there, fixed your headline https://t.co/ZWHeC3KbrE
— Wintour is coming (@RosatiBiscotti) April 25, 2019
12. That is unbelievable
Want to know just how big our #studentdebtcrisis is?
US college grads have $1.56 TRILLION in student debt. The GDP of Australia is $1.4 trillion.
It’s F’ing massive. Our young people deserve better from us — they deserve free college.
— Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) May 11, 2019
13. F it all
I’ve paid $33,685.71 towards my $50K in student loans. That bitch is still at $48,000. Fuck interest. Fuck FedLoan. Fuck this education system. Fuck everything.
— targaryen loyalist (@KingBeysQueen) July 5, 2018
14. Like a prison
If my #studentloans were cancelled I could:
-breathe
I don't regret going to college, but I don't think I made an informed decision. How could a poor, first gen college student do that at 18 years old?
$50,000 is a prison.
— Shaylamee (@Shaleemae) April 22, 2019
What do you think about this incredibly divisive topic?
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