NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE JUST STOP PAYING STUDENT LOANS…
Logged in this morning to check my balance. Borrowed $32k back in 2013.
Been paying $420 a month, every month, eleven years now. Do the math on that and it's over $55,000 that's left my account.
Balance today: $28,900.
Eleven years. Fifty five grand. And I've knocked about three thousand off what I actually borrowed.
I have now paid them more than I ever took out and I still owe basically the whole thing.
WHERE DID THAT $55,000 GO? Genuinely asking. I'll shut up and listen.
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE STOP GOING TO THE DOCTOR…
Got the bill from my daughter's checkup this morning. Fifteen minutes, no tests, no prescription. $340.
I pay $612 a month in premiums. That's $7,344 a year before a single visit.
Someone explain why I pay for insurance ALL YEAR and then pay again every time I actually use it?
WHERE IS THAT $7,344 GOING? I'll shut up and listen.
My son works full time here in Florida. Let me run his numbers.
State minimum wage is $14/hour. He's at $15.
40 hours a week = $600/week
That's about $2,600/month before taxes.
Florida has no state income tax the thing they sell you on. So after federal and FICA he takes home roughly $2,200.
Average one-bedroom in our area runs about $1,600.
That's 73% of his entire paycheck gone to rent before he eats a single meal.
Leaves him around $600 a month for:
- groceries
- gas
- car insurance
- health insurance
- phone
- emergencies
- savings
Car insurance alone eats a third of that in this state.
He works 40 hours a week and cannot save a dollar. Not because he's careless because there's nothing left to be careless with.
I spent thirty years paying off a house here. He's doing the same job I did at his age and he can't afford a one-bedroom.
That's not a discipline problem. That's not avocado toast.
The floor moved and nobody lowered the ceiling.
Working full time should cover a roof. In Florida it barely covers the rent on one.
The House is scheduled to vote this week on a National Defense Authorization that would integrate our military tech & supply chains with Israel’s.
Today, the Rules Committee will decide whether my amendment to strip section 219 will get a vote.
RT to support the Massie amdt.!
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