There are better employee perks than a ping-pong table. 70 percent of Americans graduate college with student loan debt. That’s 45 million people who owe $1.6 trillion. So when employers use Goodly to offer $100 per month in student loan payback for a $6 fee, talent sticks around. The startup found 86 percent of employees said […]
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Game show to pay off student loan is proof we live in a ‘Hunger Games’ dystopia
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You know that dystopia in which income inequality is so extreme that society invents a game show that forces the less wealthy people to fight one other for survival?
Nope, not The Hunger Games. We’re talking about good, old, real-life America in 2018. You know, where unchecked capitalist greed has rendered higher education simultaneously unaffordable and a prerequisite to landing a decent job — leaving 44 million citizens in debt that toals over $1.3 trillion, according to The Washington Post.
Jennifer Lawrence won’t be able to save us from this waking nightmare though.
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