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"Stories" like this make me want to stab something (Original Post) Blue_Tires Mar 2017 OP
A parent and grandparents who can give them everything to make their lives easier. Ilsa Mar 2017 #1
What? True Dough Mar 2017 #2
She can be the next person ProudLib72 Mar 2017 #3
How to be debt free and successful in the 2010s Warpy Mar 2017 #4
See? It's so easy. Anyone can do it. Why haven't you? *Ghaak splut blubber grrr* NBachers Mar 2017 #5
Just like Trump! n2doc Mar 2017 #6
Talk about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps! 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #7
"Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is the perfect analogy. gtar100 Mar 2017 #17
Grrrrr! smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #8
Wow! Those were some amazing sacrifices she made! lunatica Mar 2017 #9
But they don't need handouts! Initech Mar 2017 #10
Yes! You too can pay off that pesky student loan debt FAST with this amazing new program! Jake Stern Mar 2017 #11
That's nothing. Turbineguy Mar 2017 #12
Sounds a lot like how Romney and his wife lived through sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #13
+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2017 #16
Typical "self made" Republican Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #14
WTF did she major in for that student loan tab? Starry Messenger Mar 2017 #15
Trump University. n/t DRoseDARs Mar 2017 #22
Lets do the math Merlot Mar 2017 #18
To sum up... neeksgeek Mar 2017 #19
Give me a million dollars..... Liberalagogo Mar 2017 #20
This reminds me of those house flipping programs of the 90s. "First, buy japple Mar 2017 #21
Yet another member of the personal responsibility/your own bootstrap crowd. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #23

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
1. A parent and grandparents who can give them everything to make their lives easier.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 03:35 PM
Mar 2017

I'd call them fools for not getting the loans paid off sooner vs later.

NBachers

(17,001 posts)
5. See? It's so easy. Anyone can do it. Why haven't you? *Ghaak splut blubber grrr*
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 03:44 PM
Mar 2017

big thanks to whoever's misfortune led to the condo's being placed at auction, however.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
17. "Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is the perfect analogy.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:48 PM
Mar 2017

Because it's *impossible*!

Something that self-righteous conservatives fail to notice every time they blurt that bullshit out.

Just another pillar of conservative ideology based on pure fantasy.

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
11. Yes! You too can pay off that pesky student loan debt FAST with this amazing new program!
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:11 PM
Mar 2017

Some exciting features:

- Find out how moving into a homeless shelter instead of renting will have you raking in those extra dollars!
- Learn how to turn ramen into gourmet cuisine so you can eat like you live in Malibu on a Compton budget!
- Detailed instruction on how to utilize Nike Express to get around for free!
- Learn the secret of using involuntary income tax refund offsets to pay down those student loans in a hurry!

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Turbineguy

(37,206 posts)
12. That's nothing.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:15 PM
Mar 2017

If she'd become a televangelist she could have flown the check in the jet God gave her.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
15. WTF did she major in for that student loan tab?
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:16 PM
Mar 2017

A short course in Freeloading would probably be cheaper, and her life path would be totally the same.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
18. Lets do the math
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:50 PM
Mar 2017

220,000 divided by 36 months equals $6111 per month.

Plus taxes, HOA's, maintenance, let's round up to 7K per month.

Nice condo!

neeksgeek

(1,214 posts)
19. To sum up...
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 05:57 PM
Mar 2017

Mommy gave her a cushy job and a condo, which she then rented out while living free with granny.

Just like DOLTUS borrowing a million from Daddy or Rmoney selling some stock while living as a "poor" student.

Right.

japple

(9,773 posts)
21. This reminds me of those house flipping programs of the 90s. "First, buy
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 06:23 PM
Mar 2017

a house for $1,000,000.00..." Donald tRump was probably the inspiration for those programs. Steve Martin did a piece like this, but I can't find it. Hope someone will post it.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
23. Yet another member of the personal responsibility/your own bootstrap crowd.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 06:52 PM
Mar 2017

Who always seem to forget all the help and advantages they had along the way.

But, hey, anyone can do what they did - you just have to have rich parents and grandparents.

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