Re: Re: How to pay for a tuba-loans vs. other


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Posted by Steve Dedman on March 21, 2002 at 13:13:31:

In Reply to: Re: How to pay for a tuba-loans vs. other posted by Dale on March 21, 2002 at 11:09:11:

Gotta agree with Dale. I would consider a loan at this stage in your life (a college student) as an absolute last resort. I also do the monthly student loan shuffle, and it can be tough to balance it all out, even with my wife and I making decent money at our day jobs. The idea that there will be plenty of money after graduation to pay it back is a fallacy. You can either work hard and sacrifice to pay cash now, or work hard and sacrifice to pay the loan later. My wife (God bless her) and I had to decide to make lifestyle adjustments to make room for tuba payments. But I'll still be paying my student loans when my kids (that I don't have yet) go off to college.

SD


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