[jjav]

> If I, as a peon, owed child support or something

Just here a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39815731

But if you're very rich and owe tens or hundreds of millions, you can just ignore it and move on.

[taneq]

"The miracle of credit, my dear boy. The more we owe them, the better they treat us!" - 'Dr. Absalom', Westmark (Lloyd Alexander)