This tweet summed up all my feels on the soul-crushing burden that is student loans:
I’ve paid $33,685.71 towards my $50K in student loans. That bitch is still at $48,000. Fuck interest. Fuck FedLoan. Fuck this education system. Fuck everything.
— Liza’s Sweetpea (@KingBeysQueen) July 5, 2018
It should surprise nobody that this tweet currently sits at 47K retweets. On a follow up tweet she adds that these are all federal loans, not even private ones.
This is the reality of being buried by student loans. Scroll through the responses too and you’ll see even more people crushed by higher education debt.
I understand this all too well. I’ve paid $24K towards my $52K and my balance says $73K 😤
— Walking trophy (@iBiteiStrike) July 5, 2018
I borrowed 65k, I owe 180k. I pay $1k a month and it doesn’t even pay the entire interest. 8.9% compounded daily. Federal loans under Navient.
— MjrMissConduct (@MjrMissConduct) July 6, 2018
It hurts my soulllll
— Liza’s Sweetpea (@KingBeysQueen) July 5, 2018