Comments on: Student Loans – A Raw Deal? http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/ A Personal Finance Blog with a Silly Name Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Debt in America » pantsinacan.com http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-30637 Debt in America » pantsinacan.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:37:54 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-30637 [...] don’t have student loans, but some of my friends do. My sister has ‘em. Roll those into the equation, double it to make it a household number and, well, yeah, Americans [...] [...] don’t have student loans, but some of my friends do. My sister has ‘em. Roll those into the equation, double it to make it a household number and, well, yeah, Americans [...]

]]> By: Finances, 10 Years Ago - Now and Then: How My Current Financial Situation Compares with a Decade Ago » pantsinacan.com http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-19857 Finances, 10 Years Ago - Now and Then: How My Current Financial Situation Compares with a Decade Ago » pantsinacan.com Fri, 30 May 2008 18:30:13 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-19857 [...] estimate that, at the time, my net worth was still positive (no student loans, thankfully). My checking account routinely held less that $1000 from month to month and with the mutual fund [...] [...] estimate that, at the time, my net worth was still positive (no student loans, thankfully). My checking account routinely held less that $1000 from month to month and with the mutual fund [...]

]]> By: Out Of School, Into Debt » pantsinacan.com http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1568 Out Of School, Into Debt » pantsinacan.com Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:02:14 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1568 [...] « Student Loans - A Raw Deal? [...] [...] « Student Loans – A Raw Deal? [...]

]]> By: Brainy Smurf http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1489 Brainy Smurf Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:09:54 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1489 True, but at what cost? By the time their new earning potential comes to fruition and they've paid off their student loan debt, I'll just be a few years from retirement and a paid off mortgage while they'll just be getting into the black. It just doesn't seem like a good deal to me. True, but at what cost?

By the time their new earning potential comes to fruition and they’ve paid off their student loan debt, I’ll just be a few years from retirement and a paid off mortgage while they’ll just be getting into the black.

It just doesn’t seem like a good deal to me.

]]> By: Natham Crewott http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1488 Natham Crewott Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:24:12 +0000 http://pantsinacan.com/2008/02/29/student-loans-a-raw-deal/#comment-1488 While their current salaries may not exceed yours, perhaps their student loans purchased a greater earning potential. That potential has to count for something, right? While their current salaries may not exceed yours, perhaps their student loans purchased a greater earning potential. That potential has to count for something, right?

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