• El_Azulito@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    17 hours ago

    $5000? …A month? A sudden rate increase 10 times the agreed amount? This smells like rage bait. We are not in post-World War I, Germany, yet.

    • otarU1921@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      2 hours ago

      My university costs increased over the years to almost double of what I paid on the first years, I wasn’t on debt, the cost of monthly payments just increased every semester.

    • LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      15
      ·
      8 hours ago

      My partner was eligible for ~$750 per month repayments under a Biden era plan that Trump scrapped. They now have to pay ~$4300 per month. The headline isn’t far off.

      • PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        5 minutes ago

        No, but it sets off “potential bs” alarms. It doesn’t matter whether you agree or disagree with it, headlines tend to misrepresent for clicks, this is just the truth.

        • shaggyb@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 minutes ago

          It makes me uncomfortable when people suffer so I just pretend their suffering isn’t real when it challenges me.

          FTFY

    • MetaCubed@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      19
      ·
      14 hours ago

      I mean… There’s a full article explaining the cause for the increases, it’s not like there’s no reasoning provided.

        • MetaCubed@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          5 hours ago

          Try again. It’s the 4th paragraph.

          Last month, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration-era SAVE plan, an income-driven student loan replacement program with 8 million borrowers, claiming it lacked the authority to forgive millions of dollars in debt. In response, the Trump administration paused all applications for income-driven repayment plans and online loan consolidation, leaving some borrowers in limbo struggling to make ends meet.