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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by bluGill on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:22PM (#15853350)
I'm working with an idea that you can go bankrupt on student loans, but in doing so you lose the degree - including all rights to a job that might use the degree.

There are a ton of things I haven't figure out (follow my post history for more detail on what I have)

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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by kakaorka on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:40PM (#15853601)
How would you forbid someone from using their knowledge?
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by khawkins on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:44PM (#15853653)
More importantly, how would you forbid someone from using their contacts?
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by godelski on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:32PM (#15853472)
While that is an interesting idea I see two major problems with that. 1) It doesn't really encourage colleges to decrease the price of college. 2) Degrees matter little when you compare to knowledge. You can clearly say on your application to a job that you graduated but your degree was revoked. What does the company care? You didn't lose the experience and education, only the paper.
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Re:Student Loan Debt Is Now as Big as the U.S. Junk Bond Market by robrenaud on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:54PM (#15854536)
It happens.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/business/student-loans-li...

Seems bad for both the loan provider (at least in short term) and the student.

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