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by ig1 5635 days ago
From the article it seems that he's made no payment on his loan at all, even though he had a job and no substantial outgoings, but rather defaulted. He tried to declare bankruptcy to clear his loan rather than trying to pay it off.

That is an attempt to abuse the legal system.
1 comments
tptacek 5635 days ago
I don't understand your comment. Student loans can't be discharged in bankruptcy.
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lmkg 5635 days ago
They cannot. He was trying to anyways. Quoting the article which is quoting the court:

  The applicant testified that during the pendency of the   
  bankruptcy proceeding, the payments on his student loan 
  obligation would be greatly reduced. ... the panel 
  observed that the only debt that could be discharged in a 
  bankruptcy proceeding would be the applicant’s $16,500 in 
  consumer debt, as the applicant’s $170,000 in student 
  loans are nondischargeable in bankruptcy.
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