• solrize@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Can they call it a bailout instead of debt relief? That would make it more popular with Congress.

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      Why don’t all those with student debt just form a corporation together? Then they’d be too big to fail and require a bailout.

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        4 months ago

        Can’t you buy medical debt for a fraction of what is owed from collections agencies? Can a bunch of people do the same thing with student loan debt?

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          Yes, and John Oliver once did a segment on Last Week Tonight where they bought and canceled some debts to prove it.

          Too bad the Venn diagram of the ultra-wealthy and people who would actually do that is more or less two distinct circles.

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      They will need to say it is an entrepreneurial bailout to make it seem business related.