A person who claims to be a socialist atheist teacher went viral after posting his personal financial situation and then demanding that student loans be cancelled.
Steven Cotterill said that he and his wife had racked up $70,000 in combined student loan debt but still owed $60,000 after more than two decades.
“My wife and I left graduate school 23 years ago with a combined total of $70,000 debt. Since then we’ve made $500 monthly payments for 23 years ($120,000+). Today, we still owe $60,000,” wrote Cotterill on Tuesday. — (@) “Explain to me again why student loan debt shouldn’t be cancelled,” he added.
While the tweet received a lot of support among those who want to see student debt cancelled, others criticized Cotterill by pointing out that the outstanding debt was likely because they chose to make interest-only payments.”Because this isn’t the responsibility of the people who didn’t make the voluntary […]
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