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Re:Half of the US government's financial assets are student ... by irrational on Friday January 12, 2018 @04:36PM (#16136540)
Wait, what? Since when is debt passed on to heirs? If I die with credit card debt, that debt dies with me. My kids don't have to pay my debt. Any assets I own will be sold to help pay off my debts, but if the sale of my assets isn't equal to or greater than my debts, the debt holders have to write off that debt.
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Re:Half of the US government's financial assets are student ... by rhombocombus on Friday January 12, 2018 @04:41PM (#16136575)
It isn't, student debt dies with you too, or at least federal debt does.
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