Repaying Student Loans
#31
Re: Repaying Student Loans
People who went to uni the year before I did didnt have to pay student tution fees, so why should I have to?.. esp when Mr Blair broke an election promise!?
Anyway, I'm not doing anything wrong or illegal! I am playing by the rules, and once I do start receiving an income aboue the repayment threshold, then I will of course start repaying!
keep at your trough
#32
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Re: Repaying Student Loans
2. I suspect that Blair didn't break an election promise per se, it was just that the rest of us misinterpreted that promise.
#33
Re: Repaying Student Loans
There were no grants in '99 and it was just loans, and if anyone things the rate they charge is just keeping up with inflation, they're smoking crack and it was back dated from day one.
Any other business trying that would have had serious issues.
#34
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Re: Repaying Student Loans
I'm hoping to relocate to Houston and am intending to pay a lump sum each year to reduce my student loan debt (as it will no longer get automatically deducted from my salary like it is at the moment).
My relocation to the States isn't intended to be indefinite so don't want to return to UK finding out that my student loan has snowballed up on interest whilst I've been ignoring it!
My relocation to the States isn't intended to be indefinite so don't want to return to UK finding out that my student loan has snowballed up on interest whilst I've been ignoring it!
Last edited by Bink; Aug 23rd 2009 at 11:14 pm.
#35
Re: Repaying Student Loans
He said he would keep the grants going for those who entered uni in '98, which would scale down per year and be topped up with student loans which would be interest free, once graduated it would keep in line with inflation.
There were no grants in '99 and it was just loans, and if anyone things the rate they charge is just keeping up with inflation, they're smoking crack and it was back dated from day one.
Any other business trying that would have had serious issues.
There were no grants in '99 and it was just loans, and if anyone things the rate they charge is just keeping up with inflation, they're smoking crack and it was back dated from day one.
Any other business trying that would have had serious issues.
I was not one of those students sitting in the pub 24/7, I worked 20 hours a week in Sainsburys to support myself and help pay for rent, all the time contributing to the economy through tax etc, in addition to 20 hours of classroom time during my 4 year degree, so I do not appreciate some peoples comments about being all take and no give thank you very much. I paid my loan installments in line with the agreements while I was working, but now I have no income, so I'm not.
In the meantime, I will continue to be the law abiding citizen that I am, and pay when I am obliged to as the agreement of the 'loan' dictates. And I will continue to stamp my feet about it like a petulent child, regardless.
I still stand by initialy comment though - the SLC is sh*t!
Last edited by Chrissywissy100; Aug 23rd 2009 at 11:39 pm. Reason: oopsey!
#36
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Re: Repaying Student Loans
I could care less about the moral stance.
I drank and pissed all mine up against the wall whilst experimenting with acid, pills and whatever I could get my hands on and you can be rest assured that I could give a cats fanny what some bloke called Ray who I dont know thinks of my moral stance.
Fact is, I wondered if there was anything they could do now I live in the USA (I would never intend on living in England again).
Seems like nobody knows
I drank and pissed all mine up against the wall whilst experimenting with acid, pills and whatever I could get my hands on and you can be rest assured that I could give a cats fanny what some bloke called Ray who I dont know thinks of my moral stance.
Fact is, I wondered if there was anything they could do now I live in the USA (I would never intend on living in England again).
Seems like nobody knows
#38
Re: Repaying Student Loans
I could care less about the moral stance.
I drank and pissed all mine up against the wall whilst experimenting with acid, pills and whatever I could get my hands on and you can be rest assured that I could give a cats fanny what some bloke called Ray who I dont know thinks of my moral stance.
Fact is, I wondered if there was anything they could do now I live in the USA (I would never intend on living in England again).
I drank and pissed all mine up against the wall whilst experimenting with acid, pills and whatever I could get my hands on and you can be rest assured that I could give a cats fanny what some bloke called Ray who I dont know thinks of my moral stance.
Fact is, I wondered if there was anything they could do now I live in the USA (I would never intend on living in England again).
#39
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Re: Repaying Student Loans
I knew you would bite...too easy
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