Logical-Ad2288 t1_j0rg3rf wrote
Reply to comment by CHENGhis-khan in Is anyone taking advantage of the new Student Loan Repayment Tax Credit (SLRTC) for tax year 2022? by happyharrr
I find this so irritating. I am a nurse with $35,000 in student loans and my husband is a school psychologist with $75,000 in student loans. Four years worth of school for me and 8 years worth for him. People complain that we are “getting a free handout”, yet when you walk into an emergency room you expect to have everything available to you. You can walk in and have access to a doctor, nurse, X-ray tech, phlebotomist, lab tech, social worker, psychiatrist, etc. all at your fingertips. The list goes on and on. And guess what, almost all of these professions require some degree that will put us in a great deal of debt! Same for him at his school. If he wasn’t there to work with students with intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbance, students trying to self-harm etc, everyone would also be at a loss.
You want access to professional people in different areas of your life when it’s convenient for youyet don’t think we deserve to have some of our education costs offset by taxes or some other government funding.
I make $28 an hour as a nurse. This is not nearly enough to get ahead at all, never mind get out from under student loans for the next 40 years. $52,000 a year salary, if I work every single week, full-time, pre-taxes, not taking any days off.
If this is your attitude, don’t ever seek the advice/help/work from a professional employee ever again.
aCandaK t1_j0rv13w wrote
As a therapist partnered with a college professor, both of us serve our communities and neither of us make even close to what many others do with our years of education. We chose our fields but assholes like the person above have no idea how much work, sacrifice, and money it takes to be able to help the kids they fuck up and the marginalized people hurt by their open and unnecessary hatred. It’s like so sorry you chose not to become educated but it doesn’t take away from the fact that college educated folks are needed and often strapped with ever increasing debt. I took out 100k in loans and if I pay do the standard repayment plan, I will pay over $40k in interest. Finally, the idea that the non-educated support the educated in any way is preposterous. Quite the opposite, even with a minimal tax credit.
CHENGhis-khan t1_j0rktlh wrote
I don’t care about your situation. It’s none of my business. Your problems are just that. Your problems. It’s not societies’s duty to take care of you and your husband. You are obviously not poor so don’t stick your hand out. Have some fucking dignity.
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CHENGhis-khan t1_j0rwq74 wrote
Justify it however you want. It doesn’t make it right. At the end of the day, you are subsidizing people who willingly accepted debt by taxing those that didn’t.
Principals are for chumps apparently. If that is true than we are truly lost.
_Schneebley t1_j0ryk6x wrote
We’re incentivizing people to STAY and WORK, and here’s the shocker, IN MAINE
You know, that little state with an aging population that needs a younger workforce? It would help to have some new taxpayers here.
I know, it’s such a weird concept to grasp. Maybe based on you logic, we shouldn’t “subsidize” businesses because there are tax credits they can claim too?
CHENGhis-khan t1_j0rzcjy wrote
No, we shouldn't subsidize anything. The tax code should fit on a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper, otherwise it's purpose is to pick winners and punish others. If you can't convince someone to stay, it's you. Something is wrong with you.
_Schneebley t1_j0s08z9 wrote
> The tax code should fit on a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper, otherwise it's purpose is to pick winners and punish others.
I don't think many people will disagree with simplifying the tax code (which should happen on the Federal level to begin with), but, you're acting like you don't live in a very capitalistic society which inherently chooses winners and losers everyday. Refusing to participate in that now when it's full steam ahead is just illogical and would do nothing to help the state's ongoing problems.
hbard23 t1_j0so8di wrote
Wow. You must be a real winner at parties. I bet you get all the invites with your attitude towards life and people.
CHENGhis-khan t1_j0soxah wrote
"Everything I do is to attain affirmation from other people."
That's what you sound like. Your projection gland is leaking.
hbard23 t1_j0sqi1y wrote
Thank you for backing up my earlier observation with further evidence of how you miserable you sound.
CHENGhis-khan t1_j0t2lsn wrote
It only sounds miserable if you have overwhelming status anxiety. You might want to reevaluate how much you value social acceptance, and not use it as a surrogate for an argument.
Logical-Ad2288 t1_j0vu2r3 wrote
Damn dude, I can only assume that your life thus far has been really shitty for you to have this type of attitude and the need to come on Reddit and argue with strangers. I hope life gets better for you.
CHENGhis-khan t1_j0vurk8 wrote
You're on reddit. Arguing with strangers.
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CHENGhis-khan t1_j0s8vqg wrote
You're like a new engineer messing with a PID controller for the first time. You make changes before the system meets a state and induce hunting. You are correcting a self correcting system. At this point you're trying to tune a system to your own errors.
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