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debtfreer
8y ago
During the private student loan heyday circa 2000-2007, anyone with a decent bank affiliation could spin up a "private student loan" company, write up thousands of loans, and sell them off to the bigger banks and trust portfolios,
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debtfreer
8y ago
Can I try to change your opinion? Thousands of people are filing for bankruptcy every day which – by implication – are getting a break on loans that you would otherwise pay. The issue is where debtors, who cannot presumably discharge their
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debtfreer
8y ago
1. The money is in the form of a loan, which by virtue of our fractional reserve system, is created upon signing a promissory note. This is the basic form of money creation in the United States. Repaying the loan extinguishes the principal
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debtfreer
8y ago
Default usually occurs around 120 days after the last payment has been made. Federal student loans typically have mechanisms (deferment, forbearance, income-based repayment plans) that make it nearly impossible to truly default on the loans
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debtfreer
8y ago
Some students experience circumstances that can place them into a bind, only to run into the presumed non-dischargeable nature of student loans. Third year students that are unable to qualify for additional loans to meet expected family con
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debtfreer
8y ago
Most consumer debt is not in the form of a hard money loan (actual dollars) but rather by the money creation mechanisms (money multiplier) of our fractional reserve system. The money created by the loan was effectively "materialized ou