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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by leereeves on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @06:10PM (#16633212)
It was already impossible, or nearly so, to discharge student loans in bankruptcy before Bush 43.
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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:25PM (#16633778)
True for federal loans, but Bush also made private student debt difficult to discharge during a bankruptcy.
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Re:Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges by jjeaff on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:45AM (#16636039)
The intent was to make it easier for students to get loans. And it worked. But many people are irrational and get in over their head.
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