PasstheDamnBallGuy
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I got lucky and bought a terrible condition house when the prices were way down and fixed it up and then moved up and still have a ton of equity because of that. I'm not saying you don't have to work at all to get into that situation but it does require some luck and that's an unreasonable example to say well I paid it off because I got in at the right point in the housing market. You paid off your loans and kids and you used a huge investment win to do it. You can also talk about rates but if it wasn't worth it still you wouldn't have 2 houses and a lot of equity.
No one said you have to feel bad about it but getting to that state doesn't mean everything single person can and maybe we should try to help other people out. It's even something to be proud of to get to that point of stability. Pride is fine but using it to say everyone else should be able to is silly. Or just stay with this tribalism bs like their aren't enough resources to go around while you own two houses. This whole thing is a huge gamble for 18 year olds to make and yeah some are going to f#&% it up. Id prefer they can still live a life out of constant debt after a mistake at a developing stage in their life. And id much rather pay a tiny amount more in taxes but have a larger position of the population spending money on goods over interest payments.
@teachercd that's really great that kids are getting that where you are and hopefully everywhere but that was definitely not the case when I went to college and that means a lot from my generation and previous were in the same boat. And thank you yes I will stick to my guns the same way I did when I said players should be paid. Regardless of what you think about what it has done to college football the sport, that money was clearly there the whole time being withheld.
I think a lot of this comes down to just acting like people are a commodity of society. Im lucky enough to be good at math and engineering which helps understand finances and also leads to a good paying stable career, but I know there are people that just aren't those things and I still think they should be able to function comfortably in society after making the mistake of going to college which I think most of y'all agree can be a scam.
No one said you have to feel bad about it but getting to that state doesn't mean everything single person can and maybe we should try to help other people out. It's even something to be proud of to get to that point of stability. Pride is fine but using it to say everyone else should be able to is silly. Or just stay with this tribalism bs like their aren't enough resources to go around while you own two houses. This whole thing is a huge gamble for 18 year olds to make and yeah some are going to f#&% it up. Id prefer they can still live a life out of constant debt after a mistake at a developing stage in their life. And id much rather pay a tiny amount more in taxes but have a larger position of the population spending money on goods over interest payments.
@teachercd that's really great that kids are getting that where you are and hopefully everywhere but that was definitely not the case when I went to college and that means a lot from my generation and previous were in the same boat. And thank you yes I will stick to my guns the same way I did when I said players should be paid. Regardless of what you think about what it has done to college football the sport, that money was clearly there the whole time being withheld.
I think a lot of this comes down to just acting like people are a commodity of society. Im lucky enough to be good at math and engineering which helps understand finances and also leads to a good paying stable career, but I know there are people that just aren't those things and I still think they should be able to function comfortably in society after making the mistake of going to college which I think most of y'all agree can be a scam.
