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triceratops 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The looming college-enrollment death spiral

Then at the very least college debt should be dischargeable in bankruptcy the way people can walk away from their mortgage.

bsder 6 months ago [–]

Agreed. The idiotic law not allowing college debt to be cleared by bankruptcy is the primary reason why college has gotten so expensive.

votepaunchy 6 months ago | [–]

Then treat college debt like any other loan instead of subsidies backstopped with government bailouts.

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