Lots of financial bumps being provided by our government during these shitty times. One idea that is being floated is tuition reimbursement and/or higher ed financial assistance for first responders. Some reports are putting this figure into the 25k range.
When I was a young man I fucked around, a lot. I ended up drifting around a bit but always stayed in my field of study. I get bored easily and love to try new things, so what I ended up with is a diverse group of skill sets/knowledge and a diploma or two. Along with gaining the college paperwork comes bills. I'm a workhorse and pay my bills without issue, but the college tuition bill was refinanced into such a small payment with auto withdrawal I basically forgot about it. I still have a small chunk owed to a lender and it would be more than amazing to put an extra 300$ a month into savings or party funds or a golden stripper pole with an option to electrify the pole as opposed to a bill.
Now, exact details on the tuition reimbursement have yet to be released and who knows, it might never even happen. I don't know where I would fall into that category of "how much assistance is allowed" but I am an essential worker by law. The state even has paperwork for me to display in my vehicle in case I'm being pulled over, my parking being questioned, etc. I know I make to much so I didn't get any stimulus payment so I may fall into another black hole like that with this but who knows.
Now, my question....
Would you take the assistance in my case? I make plenty of money, have no issue with bills but I'm also looking at trillions and trillions of dollars being spent and more than a few of those dollars are being used illegitimately. I'm not so sure that paying off my tuition would be a bad move because that freed up cash every month would most certainly be used to help juice the economy again. Gaining an extra few grand a year always helps.
Would you take the assistance?
