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General => General Chat => Topic started by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on April 29, 2013, 09:20:52 am

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on April 29, 2013, 09:20:52 am

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/8606961/Pensioners-caught-in-loan-squeeze

Old man takes out a student loan of $4000 back in 1998.


Now the government has increased his fortnightly pension payments by $13 ($644 to $657), which according to the article is over the repayment threshold.

Now the threshold for SL payments is actually $734 a fortnight, so I don't know if the article got the numbers wrong or what.


But anyway, even if he only got increased a few dollars over the threshold, then his SL payment for the year would be around $2!

What is he complaining about? $2 a year? He should be happy that he'll die long before his loan ever gets paid off, leaving us younger generation with his debt.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Craigor on April 29, 2013, 09:24:24 am

"The government is taking my money without my permission"

lets take out a mortgage, not make any payments, then having a big QQ when the house gets reclaimed.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: The Demon Lord on April 29, 2013, 04:54:20 pm

"The government is hacking in to my pension without my permission. To me the pension should be untouchable."

That word - it does not mean what you think it means - words cannot express my rage at that statement

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Obble on April 29, 2013, 05:49:41 pm

Should of studied something useful, and have it paid off by now.

Scumbag students.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: mycoolcar on April 29, 2013, 07:40:32 pm

Hes just waiting till he dies so doesn't have to pay it back.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Black Heart on April 30, 2013, 08:11:29 pm

Am I the only one who thinks this shouldn't be news? I mean if we are going to have news articles about every stupid opinion of every jerkoff in NZ, we'll need a bigger internet.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Bell on April 30, 2013, 08:32:23 pm

thats why its called stuff its not news it's just 'stuff'

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Spigalau on May 01, 2013, 07:26:50 am

OP title is wrong, he's not paying the loan off, he's apparently now making some pitance loan repayment.

Title: Old Man complains about paying off his student loan.
Post by: Apostrophe Spacemonkey on May 01, 2013, 08:33:26 am

Quote from: Black Heart;1524432

Am I the only one who thinks this shouldn't be news? I mean if we are going to have news articles about every stupid opinion of every jerkoff in NZ, we'll need a bigger internet.

Anything to do with hacking is news.