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> I'm glad to see Income Share Agreements (ISAs) as #1. They're a tax on the poor and just as bad if not worse than predatory student loans. They’re a loan tha
by barry-cotter 7y ago
> I'm glad to see Income Share Agreements (ISAs) as #1. They're a tax on the poor and just as bad if not worse than predatory student loans.
They’re a loan that you don’t need to pay back unless you’re making money. The idea that they’re as bad as a normal student loan let alone a predatory one is nuts.
Certainly they should be capped so there’s a maximum amount you’l you can possibly end up paying, not uncapped like App Academy’s but you’d have to have a very high proposition of an income share or an extremely long term for them to be as bad as a standard student loan.
- everdev 7y agoSome collect $40-60k over the life of an ISAs while normal tuition is around $10-15k. If the ISA is capped at the tuition or sightly higher it's a wonderful program. Very few are. Student loans are often predatory but I'm not sure if any topically collect 4x the total tuition over the life of the loan.