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Re:The US startup is disappearing by cbr on Thursday June 21, 2018 @06:17PM (#17369727)
What would keep someone from getting an economically valuable degree, declaring bankruptcy on graduating, and then just waiting until that had expired from their credit record?
Re:The US startup is disappearing by AngryData on Thursday June 21, 2018 @09:23PM (#17370564)
You can't just declare bankruptcy and then be all good, you have to go through a court and a judge is going to lambast you for attempting such a thing when it is obvious you didn't even try to pay your loan. Otherwise this same thing would be a problem for other forms of loans too. Someone gets a loan, stashes it in some form that can't be retrieved by debt collectors, declares bankruptcy. The judge is going to tell you go fuck yourself because you don't even have anything to liquidate and deny your bankruptcy declaration. If you do have something to liquidate, well now you aren't any better off because you just lost all your possessions.

Plus there are criminal charges for fraud since it would be pretty obvious you took out the loan with this plan in mind.

Re:The US startup is disappearing by revscat on Thursday June 21, 2018 @06:22PM (#17369752)
It is my understanding that doing this is next to impossible. The way bankruptcy laws are structured student loans are almost never discharged as part of bankruptcy proceedings, and require a special hearing to justify their discharge. These hearings are only rarely successful, mainly due to physical or mental incapacitation, not financial stress.
Re:The US startup is disappearing by kaishiro on Thursday June 21, 2018 @06:26PM (#17369777)
The parent is replying to a comment specifically discussing making student loan debt dischargeable.
Re:The US startup is disappearing by mrep on Thursday June 21, 2018 @10:40PM (#17370867)
7 years of fucking up your credit?
Re:The US startup is disappearing by cbr on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:45PM (#17376775)
Availability of credit over 7 years is generally much less valuable than $200k.