Pay Off Your Student Loan with Help from Uncle Sam

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I havent paid my loan in over a year.. Ive been a single mom for years but getting marrided next may. I lost my job and couldnt pay it. Now im so far behind and need help paying it off, Im still not working but want to do what i can to pay it off....

Jennifer Platt of IL 7:50PM May 30, 2012

Contact me at 910 653 4629 to discuss my school loan debt. I am currently paying automatic payments each month.

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Margie cribb of NC 5:17PM May 27, 2012

very good, it's very useful to me, thank you very much!

rsgoldjw of AL 9:41PM May 15, 2012

sad thing is the government helps every body els but collage students. how about the help he gave to all those companies that were buying jet planes?(JET PLANES) can you imagen the cost of those things? just do the math... how many student could have paid there loans with that money? and all the help he gave to the car dealer companies that were going on trips or what ever they were doing with the money that they missed spent. WHAT ABOUT THESE STUDENTS? That makes me so sad to see how the government just throws away all that money and there are students living out on the street or are tsrogling to pay for the loans. I dont under stand this. do you? what will it take for the government to give these students help???

Diana Garcia of TX 11:42PM May 08, 2012

There are millions of students who would gladly pay their student loan obligations if the country would get off the bandwagon of corporate greed and simply create job opportunities.

Sadly a person who is disabled and went back to school to gain current knowledge and skills to compete in the job market is cast asside and still held captive to federal loan debt.

What if all members of the Federal Goverment were terminated by the United States Citizens who took the tax revenue to pay the debt and not give them a free ride at tax payer expense?

Bottom line yes consumers need to pay student loan debt, but the government also needs to lower interest rates on education loans and stop supporting third world countries until our country is stable again.

I have an MBA and for the past three years cannot get my foot in the door of any business public or private because I live with a disability.

CL Jones of CO 11:06AM April 18, 2012

This definitely makes perfect sense to me!

maca of AL 10:23AM March 21, 2012

Does this also apply to recent graduates (with no job). (Classes end this week).

Joanne of KY 2:29AM February 24, 2012

I recently visited NOLO.COM and looked into deferment of student loans alot of good info there as well as a phone number for the umbudsman( spelling) they help alot an can answer Any questions they have alot of resources as well.

Just tryin to help of WI 12:43AM February 16, 2012

i have been working in a museum at a state-funded university. is this considered a public service position, and if so, does that mean my loan may be forgiven?

r of IN 11:13AM February 15, 2012

I was in the military. the GI bill barely covered it.

Theron Lee of CA 5:15PM February 02, 2012

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College Cash 101

Kim Clark, senior writer for U.S. News & World Report, used loans, scholarships, grants, fellowships, savings, earnings, and generous contributions from her family (thanks, Mom, Dad, Grandpa and Grandma!) to fund study at four different universities. She even managed to graduate from two of them. She’s been researching and writing about the best ways to raise college cash for five years. If you’re panicked about paying for college, e-mail questions to collegecash@usnews.com.

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