Comments on: Tuition Bills and Indentured Servitude http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/tuition-bills-and-indentured-servitude/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:51:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dan Davenport http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/tuition-bills-and-indentured-servitude/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 Dan Davenport Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/selling-your-soul-to-pay-for-college/#comment-1950 I don't see this taking off in the US. For me, saving for college is like dieting; you just have to make the decision one day to sacrifice a little to gain a lot. That simple. I am a big fan of the safe college investment products on the market. No sense gambling here. I don’t see this taking off in the US. For me, saving for college is like dieting; you just have to make the decision one day to sacrifice a little to gain a lot. That simple.

I am a big fan of the safe college investment products on the market. No sense gambling here.

]]> By: Jose Anes http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/tuition-bills-and-indentured-servitude/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Jose Anes Thu, 26 May 2005 18:36:29 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/selling-your-soul-to-pay-for-college/#comment-59 A risky business for the investors. Very fair. Very honorable. A risky business for the investors. Very fair. Very honorable.

]]> By: nickel http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/tuition-bills-and-indentured-servitude/comment-page-1/#comment-41 nickel Thu, 19 May 2005 02:06:03 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/selling-your-soul-to-pay-for-college/#comment-41 Matt: Thanks for your insight. Sounds like this might have worked out well for you. Matt: Thanks for your insight. Sounds like this might have worked out well for you.

]]> By: Matt http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/tuition-bills-and-indentured-servitude/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Matt Wed, 18 May 2005 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/17/selling-your-soul-to-pay-for-college/#comment-37 Not only that, but you don't run the risk of ruining your credit the way a lot of folks do with student loans. (I graduated into a recession, just barely shy of $100,000 in the hole and watching folks in my field with years of experience getting laid off left and right. After years of being hounded by student loan collectors educated at the Bruno & Guido High-Impact Collections Academy, I've finally gotten them all paid off, but now I'm wondering whether they'll roll off the back of my credit report before I'm too old to qualify for a mortgage on a house.) Between 1% and 4% would have been a gift from fantasyland, in the days when 80% of my take-home pay was going to collection agencies. _That_, mon ami, is what modern-day indentured servitude looks like. Not only that, but you don’t run the risk of ruining your credit the way a lot of folks do with student loans. (I graduated into a recession, just barely shy of $100,000 in the hole and watching folks in my field with years of experience getting laid off left and right. After years of being hounded by student loan collectors educated at the Bruno & Guido High-Impact Collections Academy, I’ve finally gotten them all paid off, but now I’m wondering whether they’ll roll off the back of my credit report before I’m too old to qualify for a mortgage on a house.)

Between 1% and 4% would have been a gift from fantasyland, in the days when 80% of my take-home pay was going to collection agencies. _That_, mon ami, is what modern-day indentured servitude looks like.

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