US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans

Now you know why Bernie Sanders is doing so well with young indebted college students, many of who are working toward college degrees that are not worth the paper they are printed on.
 
gwb-trading said:
I have always paid my bills on time. About 15 years ago I was harassed by a third-party debt collector over a Bell South phone bill that was not for my phone number and I did not owe. Bell South had simply sold this unpaid bill (which was already a eight years old) to the collector and attached my identity to it. This debt collector called constantly at home, at work and harassed me in every way possible - including threatening to send cops over to arrest me. It also showed up on my credit reports and my credit rating dropped drastically.

Bell South (or their legal department) would not help me. The State Utilities Commission was of little help (except to give me the number of Bell South's legal department). I eventually had to hire a lawyer (for several thousand dollars) to resolve the situation. The clowns involved would not fix my credit report, stop harassing me, or unlink the phone bill from my name until I had a lawyer send letters threatening to sue them.

This was over a phone bill that was only $230 in size that was for a phone number not associated with me. Eventually Bell South had to settle with the state regulators (five years after this happened to me) stating that they sent many people to collection who did not owe bills due to "bad data uploads from Bell South to the debt collection firms".

Keep in mind what the credit industry could do to people who do not owe bills and can not afford a lawyer. Especially when the debt collectors can now use the criminal justice system and cops to drag you into prison based on dubious evidence that you even owe the debt.

Keep in mind that debt is a civil transaction -- any disputes should be handled strictly in the civil court system.
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same here with ATT. After going through their miserable phone menu (you would think it would be better because after all they are the phone company) I would finally get a live human being and after transefering me to another live human being they assured me the bill was a mistake and they would take care of it. Then the bill collector bills started showing up and I woud have to go through the whole thing again every month or so and they assured me they would send some kind of letter to the collector, but it went on and on.
The only thing I can think of that would be worse is also getting a letter from the United States Federal Government informing me I owe ATT and I better do something about it or action will be taken.
 
In case someone doesn't realize.... "DEBT ALWAYS GETS ACCOUNTED FOR BY SOMEBODY".

So, who is to be responsible? "The one who incurred the debt and the benefited from spending that money?" Or somebody else... who did (1) NOT incur the debt, and (2) did NOT benefit from the spending of those borrowed funds?

You tell me. It's somehow "righteous" that someone who did not take out a loan be responsible/forced for its repayment? What's fair??

(FUCK BERNIE AND THE HORSE HE RODE IN ON!)
 
Clubber Lang said:
Best news headline I've read all day!
IF YOU BORROW, YOU PAY BACK YOUR DEBT. CASE CLOSED.
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And for the over 50% of people targeted by debt collectors who do not even owe the debt.... IF YOU DIDN'T BORROW IT, THEN PAY US ANYWAY. OTHERWISE WE WILL LOCK YOUR ASS IN JAIL. CASE CLOSED.
 
gwb-trading said:
And for the over 50% of people targeted by debt collectors who do not even owe the debt
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I'm thinking, that notion is totally BS and bogus. Unless you've got some facts to back that up, you're going on my IGNORE LIST for making such a dumbass statement.
 
Scataphagos said:
I'm thinking, that is a totally BS, bogus statement. Unless you've got some facts to back that up, you're going on my IGNORE LIST for making such a dumbass statement.
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I don't believe the 50% number, but I do believe it is a significant enough percentage to warrant scrutiny...(Scat won't even be able to read this since I'm on his ignore list as well...very thin skinned individual).
 
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