When the federal government bailed out the banks of this country, it was taxpayer money they used. Shouldn't that mean that I own a piece of those banks?
http://www.suntimes.com/news/jackson/8389726-452/we-bail-out-banks-but-not-desperate-students.html
And when those banks used those interest-free loans to buy government bonds, purchasing government interest with no-interest money, thereby making a brilliant investment and, in my opinion, undercutting the American government and its constituents, hypothetically doubling money that was mostly already hypothetical - where is my bonus?
Where is my cut of stolen retirement and healthcare funds?
( http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-17-2011/ellen-schultzs )
Hello. I'm sorry, I got so heated, I forgot to introduce myself.
I am a graduate of a large public university, and, for that, I am indebted for the next ten years.
Today, I decided to finally nut up and face my colossal bill, which is good because I think my grace period is up. The sum total...
'bout $25,000
And I remember thinking to myself, "huh. not as bad as I thought."
And it really isn't. I was thinking somewhere closer to $32,000. But that's mostly because I always expect the worst.
Hoping for the best, however, seems a bit foolish at this point.
Because I started thinking about my life until now. Especially as it relates to everyone else's life. Or at least the lives of most other people, as I understand them. And the model of humanity becomes one of a child taking everything it can during the process of maturing, and slowly having to give it all back throughout adulthood, until we all eventually die of desperation. Figuratively.
(Well, we all die. Literally. But the causes are varied. That's the figurative. You get my point.)
I still don't know how to feel about this. I don't know whether to weep for inevitability, or try to enact change against these circumstances in which I've always felt so powerless, as such a small part of the construction of the system into which I was spawned.
But maybe there's hope...
http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/student-loan-ranger/2011/06/22/congress-proposes-relief-for-student-loan-borrowers
In any case, it's probably time for me to drop my dreams and try to pick up some more hours.
