2 ms·

You're so off base it's not even funny. Most countries in Europe have enacted variants of 'personal bankruptcy' the last years/decades to get away from exactly

by roel_v 13y ago

You're so off base it's not even funny. Most countries in Europe have enacted variants of 'personal bankruptcy' the last years/decades to get away from exactly the situation you are describing. There is no reason to keep chasing people with no prospects of ever being able to pay off their debt until they die. Regardless of the origin of the debt. This whole petty vengeance thing is quite barbaric, to be honest. (I say this as someone who was notified last week of one of my debtors being declared bankrupt. Sucks that I lost my money (probably), but what good would it do if the guy would be chased by collection agencies for the next 40 years until he dies?)

zo1 13y ago
"This whole petty vengeance thing is quite barbaric, to be honest." It's not vengeance, it's getting back what was stolen or defrauded from you. If you wish to pardon peoples' debts to you, then that's your humanitarian deed, but leave it at that. Instead, you want to make a legal loophole for people to steal from you. And then people like you whine and complain incessantly about "the wall street wolf banksters and corporations that stole money" etc etc. Yeah, well that's a natural consequence of you making legal loopholes because you feel sorry for the poor and get taken advantage of.