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by rootusrootus 124 days ago
Yeah it's pretty amazing that we have loans which you can never escape and yet have high interest rates in spite of that. If I cannot declare bankruptcy, then at the least the interest rate should be 0%, appropriately reflecting the risk.
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No.

1) Zero risk does not mean 0% interest. True zero risk should have the same yield as treasuries.

2) No bankruptcy does not equal guaranteed payment. Some will die without having repaid.

Only if treasuries are truly zero risk. That may not be a valid assumption anymore.