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Lewis Grotelueschen's avatar

Paused is different from forgiveness. A person planning ahead to be able to resume loan payments will behave differently than a person who no longer has to worry about repaying a loan.

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JB's avatar

Not really… not with the current price of gas, food, products.

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Sherm's avatar

How many of the people receiving this no longer have to make payments on a loan? The majority of impacted borrowers will just have the distant day when they're done moved forward in time.

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Liberal Cynic's avatar

I saw a graphic yesterday that showed this small bit would totally erase the debt of 53% of eligible borrowers.

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HoyaGoon's avatar

This is such an under considered point. For most of those affected, it just means that there may be a date in their lives they can realistically expect to finish paying off their loans instead of being bogged down forever.

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Donny from Queens's avatar

You assume people plan :-)

As a consumer bankruptcy attorney with 1000 BKs under my belt, I can tell you many do not. As someone who did 1000 house refinances, I can also tell you everyone who got lower payments or refinanced debt already had plans to accumulate more as well. It's human nature.

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mel ladi's avatar

Many/most people don’t plan their finances. Yeah, that’s all I’m gonna say about that.

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knowltok's avatar

While true, it is also selection bias. You aren't encountering as many people who manage their money well in your line of work.

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Donny from Queens's avatar

Yes. But the sheer quantity of them is more than I would have thought prior to this.

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knowltok's avatar

Sheer quantity of what, people needing bankruptcy help that a bankruptcy attorney runs into?

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Donny from Queens's avatar

It's more than you would think by volume.

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