I think it's going to be the "wave" of the future. Hopefully this will be available commercially within the next 10 years or so. Not sure of what diaper I would need for Mach 6 though :)

The poverty rate in the USA according to a recent census put's it more at one out of two. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gkc3uqGuPnGfO90dElARcCQvgTvA?docId=9576d6a6343c46b1abbd0184a9244305 They might not want you to see the facts but having a TV doesn't mean you are not poor.

Right, might end up in the USA that way too.

Less help coming in the future too.

Private or federal loan? A decade is a long time. Were you told it was good debt? Has it held you back in any way at this point in time.

I think the USA will be the next 3rd world country. 1/2 of people in the US live in poverty. At least according to a recent census. Student loan debt in this country exceeds credit card debt. It's now at 1 trillion dollars.

Most student loans can go on for 20-25 years. Much longer than most jobs go on. Economies change, lives change. No , pricing alone isn't the best way to determine the true cost of higher education. How about evaluating the standard of living after graduation?

The taxpayer only has to pay it back on federal loans. Private student loans the lenders take the burden. But even on a student loan that was federally backed the government makes money when the loan defaults. They capitalize the interest on the loan and most end up paying it back, and the government for decades. Sometimes for life.

Doctors don't make that kind of money..not new ones anyway. Guess tuition is low enough in India where everyone can afford it. Well, almost everyone.

That pretty much means every career. How do you pay for college tuition today when it can run six figures.??

I just want to get a pulse on student loans. How many of you in the USA have huge student loans and are struggling to pay them? For those of you NOT in the USA, how do you pay for higher education. Well, I should say to anyone who has student debt in the USA and is in trouble there might be help on the way. You can go to forgivestudentloandebt dot com and find the facebook link and join. It might help you or give you some insight if you don't understand the tuition issues students now face.

Just wondering if anyone does other things besides code. Like art etc. I paint pictures, abstract expressionistic style. If you do paint, how do you sell your work?

True, it seems some customers think they always have to find something wrong even if it isn't. Add this, remove that. I think they want the software to cook breakfast and iron.

It's just a rant..I get frustrated even though I handle the customers with kid gloves. That's what the lounge is for, otherwise I would be pulling my hair out. I am sure there are customers who have their rants for customer service people too :) I love my customers, I love my customers...my new mantra.

No, I am not forgetting at all I am just ranting. Cool your jets.

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LOL! :-D

What tricks of the trade? I didn't know I was missing anything other than my mind. :((

This is just a rant. I provide a CD that I ship to customers to evaluate the software before buying. So it's a try before you buy thing. 30 days, no credit card required.Really, it's free to evaluate it. I have it clearly posted that there are NO refunds because of the try before you buy period but I do offer remote and email support for a full 90 days. Sounds fair to me. Still, occasionally I get people who email me at 5 minutes to midnight that if I don't help them in the next 30 minutes that they want a refund. By the time I see the email the next day it's long past that 30 minute window. I am nice. I offer to assist them. 9 times out of 10 that's all they want. But it irks me that they have to put in the "I will ask for a refund" statement before even giving me a chance to help them. I don't usually give refunds, but if I have a customer who is a real PITA or one that I know will become a PITA I sometimes do give them their money back, just not to have to deal with them. Also, they make these statements that " I can't download your software". When they mean "I can't get the program installed". They have the CD in hand, so downloading is not a problem. Sometimes they just mean that they are having a hard time getting it registered with the code I give them and OOOPS! they have the caps light on or some small issue. Sometimes they even have the wrong program installed and are trying to register the wrong one. Or they demand I call them, even though they know i don't have phone support. Remote yes, email yes. I have to explain to them that remote support is much better than phone support. I have used remote support and they think that the program files folder is in the control panel. So they keep installing and uninstalling the program over and over and over. Ok, rant over. :rolleyes:

Fairtax is not a fraud imo, and some of the top economists support it, not wing nuts. But it does test our normalcy bias. That's not a Glenn Beck thing either, it's a very real human condition. They tax the consumer at the register and it's just a consumption tax which is what state sales taxes are now anyway. If you think raising income taxes is the best way to go then hang on to that idea because they are going to go up quickly and soon and if you think that's the way to go, then enjoy the ride. We can't continue on with our current tax system and something has to be done. I think the FairTax is the way to go even if you don't think that way. So that's my rant and it's good to hear your side of it too but even though I have questions myself about the Fair Tax and concerns I also know once it became law it would not read the way it does now. All things will be considered, including the farmer who buys seed.