Student Loans
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This was a great showing by Minhaj. I love his show.
The rate in increase in tuition compared to inflation is insane.
I'm telling you man, you can leverage what you're doing into a monetized YouTube channel of some sort or an Instagram account. You are seeing the country. There are so many experiences you can share. Different foods and restaurants. What it's like on the road. Different travel destinations. There's a lot you can do.
I dunno I hear a lot of complaining about YouTube algorithm changes to monetization and one trucker I was kind of following is trying to start over. I think he moved to Patreon and he's trying out other things.
I'm also not sure I feel like video editing at the end of the day.
I'd have to find the time and figure out what kind of equipment to buy and decide how much I want to spend.
I did look at some GoPros a few weeks ago actually. I was kind of thinking of doing vids on some of the customers I go to, though I also have to be mindful of their camera policies. A lot of my driving is generic highway in the Southeast though.
In the meantime, I dumped money into another hobby I might start a topic on in either Art or Electronics. I listen to sh;tloads of electronic music while driving so for fun, I bought a synthesizer. It's cool as hell.
Calls for student loan forgiveness expected to intensify as Biden's legislative agenda stalls
As President Joe Biden's 'Build Back Better' bill stalls on Capitol Hill, here's what's expected to happen with the hot-button issue of student-debt...
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White House confronts political pressure to extend pause in student loan payments ahead of midterms — NBC News
Some Democrats and debt relief advocates say they worry the party could pay a steep price in the November elections if Biden allows federal student loan payments to restart.
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Biden May Extend Student Loan Pause And Is Considering Loan Forgiveness, Says White House Official
A top White House official suggested this week that President Biden is considering a further extension of the ongoing pause on student loan payments, and that student loan forgiveness is very much still on the table.
www.forbes.com
Planning for now to have to pay these goddamn loans.
I guess one of the main tools a borrowere can use is income based repayment. I'm wondering if I can use that on my current job before I quit to hopefully get a better one.
Hoping I can find something still reasonably local. I don't want to go back to longhaul highway driving.
I guess one of the main tools a borrowere can use is income based repayment. I'm wondering if I can use that on my current job before I quit to hopefully get a better one.
Hoping I can find something still reasonably local. I don't want to go back to longhaul highway driving.
There are port docks here. For 'drayage' trucks bringing stuff off, most of the work is asking for Owner Operators and I don't want to own a truck. I did see a regular company job, but it looked shady AF with extremely bad Indeed reviews.
Canceling $50,000 in student debt would help Americans whose 'only sin was to be born into a family who couldn't write a check for them to go to school,' Elizabeth Warren says
Borrowers "nonetheless got out there and tried to get an education," Warren told MSNBC. She wants to see Biden cancel student debt before May.
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Canceling $50,000 in student debt would help Americans whose 'only sin was to be born into a family who couldn't write a check for them to go to school,' Elizabeth Warren says
Borrowers "nonetheless got out there and tried to get an education," Warren told MSNBC. She wants to see Biden cancel student debt before May.
I owed about $40k. That would give me a lot of flexibility.
Right now, I have to figure out what to do while repayment is coming up, crazy fuel prices, and a possible escalating war.
I have $24k in debt, although not all of it would be covered in a pardon. I don't have a degree and I was coerced into taking the classes over years for the student loan refunds. s*** situation and I have no recourse otherwise. You can't even declare bankruptcy from it.
Biden administration extends pause on federal student loan repayments through August — CNN Politics
The Biden administration is extending a pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31. The repayment freeze, which has been in place since the beginning of the pandemic, had been scheduled to expire on May 1.
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Isn't Public Service work considered an option for earning loan forgiveness? Couldn't we include front line work during a Pandemic as 'Public Service' in a broad sense so it can be said this loan forgiveness was earned?
Otherwise, I guess anything helps if the kick the can down the road. This is probably to assess it later for it's affect on elections.
Otherwise, I guess anything helps if the kick the can down the road. This is probably to assess it later for it's affect on elections.
Ambulance workers are not considered frontone workers if you can believe that.
Yeah ambulance workers are really weird. You might assume they are public employees like police or fire, but they aren't. They are indie contractors and usually horribly underpaid for how important they are. It is a really weird thing when you look into it.
What is it like in other countries? Is the US the only one where it’s like “private healthcare” on wheels, because capitalism?
Wonder if Canada has private and government ambulances like they do with WiFi?
It is one of the ways to get loan forgiveness. I work in the public sector and my loans were private so they don't count LOLZ
I deal with ambulance companies all the time. Ambulance companies are bulls***. They over charge patients and under pay their employees.
From my experience, even if you have health insurance, it does not matter. Your health insurance typically pays full price for an ambulance ride which is typically around $1,500.00 to $2,000.00. Unlike most other medical services which there is the "charged" price and what is actually paid.
Ambulance companies do not have that. What they charge is what they are paid.
The best ambulance services are the ones that are usually part of the fire department as they are typically paid for by your taxes(logical) and if they do do have a bill, the billing is nominal.
Don't even get me started on air ambulance services.
Who Is Considered a Frontline Essential Worker?
The next group of people that will get the COVID-19 vaccine are frontline essential workers. Here's a list of occupations that qualify.
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Yep, no ambulance drivers. Not sure if firefighters who run the ambulance for fire stations qualified. Probably did since they are fire fighters.Who Is Considered a Frontline Essential Worker?
The next group of people that will get the COVID-19 vaccine are frontline essential workers. Here's a list of occupations that qualify.
