Posted on 11/30/2007 5:20:12 PM PST by dynachrome
Perez’s problem isn’t laziness. It’s something far worse: student-loan debt. And plenty of it.
At last count, the former film student owed some $207,000.
So last month, Perez did what any Web-savvy twentysomething in his predicament might do: he launched his own Web site, joesdebt.com, and began soliciting donations.
For himself.
(Excerpt) Read more at projo.com ...
The original zot thread and whiner’s story:
(I see Joe’s account is still pingable)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1922360/posts
Well, this is a private charitable attempt to pay off debt. While there is an element of pussification involved, no one is asking me for tax dollars. I won’t contribute but at least he is trying something other than sucking at the government tit for his money.
Actually, in the original thread, he was trying to “raise awareness” of this big problem and how the gubmint (taxpayers) had to fix it.
Joe go get a job and STFU!
I see. But it sounds like he is now privately begging for money. Again, I won’t contribute but at least he is not asking for taxes to pay his debt.
He begged for $ from the beginning. He will always be a parasite IMHO
A job? He was a FILM MAJOR. He has no marketable skills.
Agreed.
I thought we had done something about that...
How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?
That's easy. Make a movie dissin' the troops with an anti-American agenda?
What a whiner. A couple of years ago I was single and making $32/hr. I bought a used car for $20,000 and paid it off in 13 months. I also bought my HDTV (which was new tech at the time), furniture, and had lots of fun with my friends and saved to finish college. If you work right and think, you can do a lot with your money.
Begging is far more honorable than trying to use the government to extort money for you at gunpoint.
>>>How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?
Film stock & lab processing ain’t cheap....
There are hundreds of companies that produce TV commercials, training films and documentaries.
If he can put together a proposal he can find backers and start his own company.
This is the land of opportunity. Imagination is all that is required to find work.
I thought I’d see if zotboy would show up again to get spanked!
Doubtless he went to an undergrad institution pricey enough to rack up the maximum on undergrad student loans, then took an MFA at a really pricey place on his own dime (all borrowed).
Quite frankly, he’s a dope: betting on a successful film career. If the grad degree isn’t going to get you some letters before or after your name that automatically bring in big bucks (like clinical psych, medicine, law or engineering), you have no business going for it at a place that doesn’t offer you a good enough assistantship or fellowship that you get a free education and paid living expenses.
Asking for loot online goes in the 'junk mail' pile. File 13...
After taking a gander at my property taxes, I’ve got my eye on a 63 cent loaf of thin sliced white bread down at the grocery store. Joe, care to help me out?
-he’s 28 and lives with his mommy..........he must be a DU poster as well.
I hear the Saudis are paying 50k for a liver, and 20K for a kidney. That would bring in a third.
Just trying to help.
That's part of the problem. This kid when in debt way past his eye balls in trying to get into a market that is already over saturated with 'talent.' He was stupid, but stupid is what kids are best at.
In the end, he will take a major hit for the time he is bankrupt, but the people who should have their asses kicked in the public square are the people who loaned him the money damn well knowing he could never pay it back.
We need a tax Nazi who tells these hustlers, "No deduction for you. You were stupid, and you have no excuse to be!"
IMHO, someone willing to take out a loan to cover $11,000 tuition fees (3 times a year, as I read it!) is way too dumb to go to college. He should have looked into hamburger flipping instead--especially since his major was film making.....
What kind of people loan that kind of money to a kid with a "Film making major, anyway?"
If he’s so destitute, how can he afford the $900 23” Apple cinema display in the background of the picture in the article? I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy’s lying about his circumstances. I’m employed, well-paid and virtually debt-free, yet I see something like that as a luxury I won’t buy.
>> How do you rack up $207K for “film school”?
Judging by the crapola Hollywierd puts out these days, using cocaine (and lots of it!) seems to be a prerequisite for making a movie.
My understanding is, it’s kind of expensive. And I bet filmmaking lab fees don’t cover it.
Perhaps I can muster a teensy bit of sympathy for the kid. In my experience, most kids who go off to an expensive college with plans to be filmmakers, actresses, musicians, etc. grew up in homes with parents who were responsible adults with serious jobs that the kids regarded as too boring and way beneath their own awesome talent. No sympathy there.
But this kid made his career choice while living with parents who had found financial comfort via dad's design of a toy shopping mall "complete with miniature gold credit cards". Little wonder filmmaking sounded like a serious career to him.
BTW...I've not received any government or private loans nor accepted any grants. My plans are to graduate college debt-free.
“I read that gay porn actors only get $500 a movie, which are filmed in a day. Of course there are numerous ‘acts’ in that day for a actor. So, say 5 ‘acts’ per day per movie. If he ‘works’ say two gigs a weak...”
Weak hell, worn out!
He’ll need three days of “Male Enhancement...”
He could be the catcher.
Obviously Mr. Perez and his family did not even think about Federal Parent PLUS Loans, which are capped at the the estimated cost of attendance, less any other financial aid (grants, federal loans, and scholarships). In addition, these loans have a capped 8.5 percent annual interest rate, a far cry from the rates charged by many private lenders.
And, lastly, perhaps he should have considered whether borrowing almost $200,000 for film school was really worth it. Seriously, you borrow for school (and take a risk) only if there is a really good payoff down the road.
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