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by evgen 6005 days ago
Yeah, and let's bring back debtors prisons while we are at it...

The general idea of these laws is that 7-10 years is a long-enough window into a persons financial state and habits to determine their current credit-worthiness and limiting this look-back window prevents lenders from subverting the purpose of US bankruptcy laws. There are no laws that force banks to lend money to people, only laws that limit the duration of certain items on your credit record.