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Re:When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work by markshead on Sunday November 19, 2017 @02:49PM (#15735561)
> make them dischargeable by bankrupcty and let the market price in the default rate and see what happens.

These loans aren't coming from the market. If students had to go to a private bank and make a case about why they were a good investment, student loans would look a lot different--to say nothing about college in general.

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Re:When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work by dilap on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:16PM (#15735706)
aren’t many of them? i remember my wells fargo atm always trying to get me interested in a student loan...
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Re:When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work by markshead on Sunday November 19, 2017 @10:34PM (#15737567)
Banks used to be able to loan you money but have it guaranteed by the government. I think that ended in 2010.

Wells Fargo does offer a type of student loan, but it looks like you have to have someone cosign it with you (probably your parents).

Back in the 90s over 90% of student loans were Federal. I'm not sure what the percentage is now.

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