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by petesergeant 1158 days ago
I've no idea if it is, but there's a big difference between a bounded amount of money and a potentially infinite amount of money earned. If he has a startup that goes somewhere, or he wins the lottery, potentially he can be out from under this in one situation, or not in the other
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$14M might as well be infinite for the vast majority of people.
Quick calculation says it'd take me and my wife about 100 years to pay it off if we don't spend money on anything else.