Department of Education resumes collecting student loans, including those in default.
(www.cnn.com)
🏫 STUDENT PANIC 🏦
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No student loans? Wow, impressive. How were you making so much bartending?
No, I took out student loans. They just made it extremely difficult to start paying off early, before I graduated. Well, fren, I was really good at it, was young and pretty, and had a smartass mouth on me that somehow allowed me to talk shit and insult losers to their faces but smile and wink and get paid handsomely. Those were the days
My parents helped by paying off the interest while I was still in school so the loans themselves weren't insurmountable when I graduated and started paying them off myself. It was an early life lesson in interest rates that made a big difference in my quality of life. Thanks Mom and Dad!
In the long term, government backed loans are a big part of why schools got so expensive in the first place. If they actually had to compete for money instead of being guaranteed large payouts they might never have inflated to this point where whole generations are looking at college as an unwise expense that doesn't pay off. I really hope this new DoE shuffle completely re-evaluates the system in general and finds a way to encourage schools to provide affordable education rather than maximize profits.
Oh I misread. Yeah, dudes + alcohol + hot bartender can def generate some good $$$
Plus it was the late 80s. It wasn't unusual for me to make enough in tips on a Sunday night to pay my rent. Which was much cheaper back then!
Oh yeah, and my greatest score of that time was my future husband bellying up to the bar.
Gotta love (and miss) the 80s. I sure do.
What's interesting about your story was that Sunday night was your big haul. I never would've thought a Sunday. Thursday, Friday or Saturday yea. But Sunday night?
Now I don't feel too guilty about enjoying Sunday night cocktails! ;)
Well you should run for CONgress then. It looks like there will be an open bartender seat when the current occupant decides to primary Schumer in a Senate run. That means moving to NYC though.
That goes against my Texan sensibilities