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To: SeekAndFind

Good. Let them move back in with Mom and Dad so they can afford to pay off their debt.


5 posted on 09/14/2012 9:41:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I agree.


7 posted on 09/14/2012 9:50:50 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: 9YearLurker
Good. Let them move back in with Mom and Dad so they can afford to pay off their debt.

Borrowers and lenders sometimes make mistakes. When other sorts of debt are taken on, a borrower risks default and a loss of credit and the lender risks losing money. Both are unhappy with a default but at least they can move on.

But with student loans, a mistaken decision to take on debt by the borrower in youth means the borrower becomes an indentured servant to the lender. There is no way to move past the mistake. The government will hound the borrower for the rest of his life until the debt is paid. There is no bankruptcy. A criminal stealing $25,000 and blowing it on booze and hookers is more likely to escape the obligation to pay back the $25,000 than is a student that made the mistake of borrowing the same.

Students shouldn't be financially punished to the same extent criminals are punished. It doesn't make sense.

10 posted on 09/14/2012 10:02:05 AM PDT by conservative sympathizer
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15 posted on 09/14/2012 10:16:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (bOTRT)
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