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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by givinguflac on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:25PM (#14262194)
|Default is an option specifically written into every debt contract out there.

Except student loans :(.

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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by brandonmenc on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:40PM (#14262271)
You can default on student loans.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by n_ on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:48PM (#14262307)
Ooop, yeah, you are right. Was thinking bankruptcy.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by dragonwriter on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:18AM (#14262610)
You can discharge them in bankruptcy, too, it's just harder than most other debt to do so.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by n_ on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:46PM (#14262296)
My mind immediately went to that too. Smh.
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