http://studentlabor.org/2012/01/26/occupysalliemae/ A project of Jobs with Justice Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:53:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.28 http://studentlabor.org/2012/01/26/occupysalliemae/#comment-3415 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:23:26 +0000 http://www.studentlabor.org/?p=669#comment-3415 I graduated from Hofstra University on Long Island in December 2007 after 2 and a half years. I spent my first 2 years at Northeastern University in Boston. Between the 2 schools, even with some assistance from my father and some scholarship money, I owe $80,000. I have a good job with Broadridge Financial Solutions as a Client Relations Representative and work overtime every week, but with 2 kids, soon to be three, it is nearly impossible to pay more than the minimum payment. My wife is a full time nurse so it is sad we cannot save. Even with 3 kids, on the salaries we have, we should be stockpiling money and planning on buying a house. Instead we are paying nearly $1,500 a month on school loans and that will go on for another 25 years. If nothing is done then I will be renting with my wife and 3 kids for long, long time. It makes me very angry to think that I will not be able to help my own kids and the cycle will just go on unless something is done soon. I need to get involved so let me know how.

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