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相比一生背負貸款,美國大學生寧可“賣身”給糖爹糖媽
發(fā)布時間:2019-09-29 09:19 點擊:
“負債”和“賣身”,哪個更可恥?
人們總以為家境不富裕的大學男孩女孩,投靠有錢的大款富婆是為了滿足他們虛榮攀比、追求高消費的生活方式,但其實并不盡然。
據(jù)《今日俄羅斯》消息,約有250萬美國大學生正通過約會網(wǎng)站尋找愿意慷慨解囊的“糖爹糖媽”(干爹干媽),為他們擺脫巨額學生貸款。
學生債務(wù)抗議者掛著他們所欠債額的牌子 圖 via Reuters
According to Seeking Arrangement, a site that connects “sugar daddies” and “sugar mommas” - wealthy older people looking for companionship, usually but not always sexual in nature - with “sugar babies,” the young and hungry willing to provide it in exchange for lifestyle perks, 2.5 million of its users are American college students seeking to avoid the student debt trap.
據(jù)“甜蜜定制”——一個給“糖爹糖媽”和求包養(yǎng)的“甜心寶貝”牽線搭橋的“援交”網(wǎng)站(富裕的老年人通常、但不總是尋求性方面的安慰)——如饑似渴的年輕人愿意“賣身”來換取生活津貼,有250萬美國大學生用戶通過該網(wǎng)站尋求幫助其避免學生債務(wù)陷阱的“糖爹糖媽”。
▲College students are increasingly finding ‘sugar daddies’ preferable to student loans - and can we really blame them? (via RT)
美國大學學費讓學生不堪重負早已不是什么新鮮事。據(jù)《美國新聞與世界報道》消息,美國大學學費已經(jīng)連續(xù)20年增長。
圖 via usnews.com
College gets more expensive each year. In addition to high tuition prices, paying for housing, food, transportation, books and other school-related fees can add thousands of dollars to college expenses.
大學學費一年比一年貴。除了高昂的學費,住房、食物、交通、書籍和其他與學校相關(guān)的費用也會增加數(shù)千美元的大學花費。
▲20 Years of Tuition Growth at National Universities (via usnews.com)
且不管私立公立、州內(nèi)州外,情況都是如此。
The average tuition and fees at private National Universities have jumped 154%.
平均學費和私立全國性大學的學費上漲了154%。
Out-of-state tuition and fees at public National Universities have risen 181%.
州外學費和公立全國性大學的學費上漲了181%。
In-state tuition and fees at public National Universities have grown the most, increasing 221%.
州內(nèi)學費和公立全國性大學的學費漲幅最大,達到221%。
▲20 Years of Tuition Growth at National Universities (via usnews.com)
圖 via usnews.com
為了實現(xiàn)“大學夢”,很多學生不惜以舉債來維持學業(yè)。而學生貸款與抵押貸款不同,即便宣告破產(chǎn)也不能洗刷歷史。
Unlike mortgages, students can’t default on their loans - even declaring bankruptcy doesn’t clean the slate - so the bubble keeps inflating and investors keep buying. Indeed, the only people who lose in this scenario are the millions of students who miss out on the life they feel they deserve because their wages are permanently paying off a loan two-thirds of them will come to regret taking out in the first place.
與抵押貸款不同,學生不能拖欠貸款——即便宣告破產(chǎn)也不能洗刷歷史——因此泡沫不斷膨脹,投資者不斷買入。事實上,在這種情況下,唯一的輸家是數(shù)百萬學生,他們沒有享受到應(yīng)該享受的生活,因為他們永遠在以工資償還貸款,其中三分之二的人從貸出款的那一刻就開始后悔。
▲College students are increasingly finding ‘sugar daddies’ preferable to student loans - and can we really blame them? (via RT)
即便像美國前總統(tǒng)奧巴馬這樣的成功人士也不能幸免。
圖 via yahoo.com
President Barack Obama, courting young voters crucial to his reelection, told a rowdy college-age crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Tuesday that he knows first-hand about the burden of student loans because he only managed to pay his back a scant eight years ago.
(2012年)美國(前)總統(tǒng)巴拉克•奧巴馬,周二在北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校,爭取對他連任至關(guān)重要的年輕選民,一群喧鬧的大學生時說道,他對學生貸款的重擔有切身體會,因為他八年前(2004年)才剛剛還清了助學貸款。
"Michelle and I, we've been in your shoes," Obama, who turns 51 in August, told a cheering, capacity crowd of 8,000 at Carmichael Arena.
“米歇爾和我,與你們的境遇相同,”8月將年滿51歲的奧巴馬在卡邁克爾體育館面對8000名觀眾發(fā)表了講話。
▲Obama: I only paid off my student loans eight years ago (via yahoo.com)
圖 via nypost.com
于是,有些負債累累的美國學生選擇逃離美國。
圖 via Reuters
而另一些,選擇留下,用另一種不體面的方式,償還貸款。于是就有了“援交”網(wǎng)站上“賣身”的莘莘學子。
求一名‘糖爹’,讓我能(有錢)讀法學院 圖 via 網(wǎng)絡(luò)
While Seeking Arrangement claims to have “arrangements” in 139 countries, most of its users are in the US, where some 11.4 million “sugar babies” are living the high life - or merely scraping by (students, it seems, are only a small portion of the total). These sugar babies likely have real needs beyond the desire for fancy clothing or expensive dinners - the United Way’s ALICE program claims some 43 percent of Americans cannot afford basic needs like food, shelter, healthcare, and childcare from month to month, and that’s before education even enters the picture.
盡管“甜蜜定制”聲稱在139個國家為有需求的人進行“安排”,但它的大多數(shù)用戶都在美國,那里大約有1140萬“甜心寶貝”過著高端的生活,或者僅僅是勉強糊口(學生似乎只是總數(shù)的一小部分)。這些“甜心寶貝”除了渴望華麗的衣服或昂貴的晚餐外,很可能還有其他真正的需求——非營利組織“聯(lián)合慈善愛麗絲計畫”聲稱,大約43%的美國人每月都負擔不起食物、住所、醫(yī)療保健和兒童保育等基本需求,而這還沒有考慮到教育。
Compared to a lifetime of debt slavery - a recent survey found more than a quarter of baby boomers believe they’ll die before paying off their debts - escorting may look like a walk in the park.
與一生為債務(wù)奴役相比——最近的一項調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),超過四分之一的嬰兒潮一代認為他們會在還清債務(wù)前死去——陪伴“糖爸糖媽”看起來就像是在公園里散步。
Seeking Arrangement’s list of top sugar-baby colleges includes Ivy League stalwart Columbia University alongside lesser-known state schools.
“甜蜜定制”列出的最受歡迎的“甜心寶貝”所在的大學既包括常春藤盟校的老牌學府哥倫比亞大學,也包括一些知名度較低的州立大學。
▲College students are increasingly finding ‘sugar daddies’ preferable to student loans - and can we really blame them? (via RT)
于是,人們不禁要問,假如連未來會成為社會精英的人也成了高端陪護,用以支持他們實現(xiàn)主宰世界,那這個世界會變成什么樣呢?
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