How can people make payments for 20 years on school loans and barely make a dent in the principal? How are those loans different than a mortgage?

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How can people make payments for 20 years on school loans and barely make a dent in the principal? How are those loans different than a mortgage?

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The problem with loans in general is that if your payment isn’t greater than the interest charges each month, very little if any of your payment goes to the principal of the loan. If this is the case, the total loan balance won’t decrease over time.

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