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Also- just FYI, John Oliver was paying off expired medical debt which was actually very useless and one of the most annoying media exploits of the defaulted deb

• touristtam 10y ago
  oh you mean this? http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/john-oliver-medical-debt-forgiveness-last-week-tonight http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/john-oliver-m... Just ping JO through twitter to ask for an acknowledgement on his next show?
  • sarahnadav 10y ago
    Funny you say that. I thought it was weird that he didn't mention it because I've been in the industry for years. But apparently, he left them out on purpose so as not to be associated with Occupiers (according to them) http://blog.debtcollective.org/whos-afraid-of-occupy-hbos-john-oliver-erases-debt-resistance/ http://blog.debtcollective.org/whos-afraid-of-occupy-hbos-jo...
    • smt88 10y ago
      > he left them out on purpose so as not to be associated with Occupiers That was probably a good idea. Some people (including some liberals) would close their ears as soon as they heard about any association with Occupy.
      • sarahnadav 10y ago
        If I were him, I would have put it in at the end, but I would have included what they did even if he didn't say he worked WITH them. What they did was very important- and as an economist I would say that they deserve to be included in the history of dealing with this massive debt problem