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Income-Based Repayment plans are one of four repayment options offered by the federal government that are calculated by how much a borrower earns

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[–] TheFlopster@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They want the poors to suffer.

There, I explained it.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just increases the demand for immigrants to do white collar jobs.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They still want rich write immigrants.

And they want liberal arts grads to assemble electronics with tiny screws in Arizona. Or pick oranges in Florida.

[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

*the getting back on their feet

I give no fucks about my debt or credit. Let's all just stop paying back our debts to the idiot skyscraper-builders who forked their cash over.

[–] salacious_coaster 37 points 1 week ago

Brace for debtor's prison camps.

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We don't need him to give an explanation. The reason is that he wants everyone to stop talking about how much he hung out with his best friend that trafficked underage girls for sex.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

This one comes with the added bonus of keeping potential dissenters (i.e. the educated) too busy being wage slaves to focus their energy on him.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I still can't believe the folks talking about not voting kamala because they are all the same and biden did not do enough.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How many of them are astroturfing, and how many are delusional?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Lot of accelerationist takes on Lemmy, tbh. Literally "some men just want to watch the world burn" energy because they think they'll somehow emerge on top of the ashes.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I often wonder that. Was any of it real or attempts to encourage infighting?

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have no doubt that some of it was real, but it wasn't significant enough to swing an election.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im not so sure of that. It would only have had to swing 3 very close states. It does not take much.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn't all that close. Maybe it made a difference in Wisconsin, but I seriously doubt it would have swung any others.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania is what it would have took.

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They seem to be really quiet if not not n existent these days.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

I think you’re just not seeing them. I see a ton of them.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some said they don't regret their vote or lack thereof

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mostly they are doubling down on it.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No shit. People spent months trying to "convince" them by shaming and berating them. It's just human nature to harden ones stance when met with that sort of onslaught. Especially when, lets face it, they had a point with Gaza. I don't agree with them, but the people who still won't shut up about it aren't helping.

Anyways, those (non)voters didn't swing the election. It was just the usual American voter apathy because of the usual pathetic Democratic candidate. Only Biden and Harris had it in their power to do something that would have made a difference.

[–] tane69@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Why do all lemmy dipshits see fascists consolidating and exercising power and still get mad at literally everyone else? You’re all useful idiots for this admin

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

It’s another distraction from his having raped kids.

She looks like something you’d find in a Skyrim crypt

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Unpayable debt accruing interest. What a fucking joke.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I'm trying to pay them back. I went to get them rehabilitated like they told me to. However the income info they had on file was from a higher paying job I was laid off from. So I sent in a letter for redetermination over 2 months ago. I haven't heard anything, and I'm getting worried that they're going to garnish my wages. They already clawed away my tax return this year.