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liberalhistorian

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4. It's too bad

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Feb 16, 2016, 11:51 AM

Feb 2016

the Bundy Bunch in Oregon didn't have outstanding federal student loans; they wouldn't have been as coddled and the marshalls would have taken action immediately.

Glad to see they're working hard at protecting us from such dangerous criminals in our midst.

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US Marshals arresting people for not paying their federal student loans [View all] LiberalArkie Feb 2016 OP

super predators praying on the 1% - lock 'em up tk2kewl Feb 2016 #1

Bring 'em to heel Fumesucker Feb 2016 #2

"Federal government." n/t Igel Feb 2016 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2016 #3

No shit Quackers Feb 2016 #5

Did you miss the part where no prison is involved? NYC Liberal Feb 2016 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2016 #19

It's too bad liberalhistorian Feb 2016 #4

Bill was just trying to help the poor bankers that were having problems with students not LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #6

Next up: For-profit debtor's prisons offer slave labor to companies sick of paying workers. Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #7

Well it is a way to bring jobs back to the U.S. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #8

Well, it was a loan from 1987! 29 years ago, and only $1500. People borrow money..... Logical Feb 2016 #9

Any other type of debt has a statute of limitations. LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #10

Which he knew about when he borrowed it. I am sure this idiot..... Logical Feb 2016 #11

We'll not really, it was in Bill Clintons first term that they changed student loans LiberalArkie Feb 2016 #12

Federal student loan debt dies with you, and cannot be passed to your children or spouse. herding cats Feb 2016 #21

i dont get it either - and here he will be seen as some sort of marytr/hero and you will be the saturnsring Feb 2016 #13

We often 'don't get' what our biases prevent us from seeing. LanternWaste Feb 2016 #14

and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar saturnsring Feb 2016 #16

Got fascism? KamaAina Feb 2016 #17

This is very spooky... I had better return my Library books... I don't want.... clarice Feb 2016 #20

It turns out there's a bit more to the story. cloudbase Feb 2016 #22

Just saw a story on TV about this. It seems the Marshals were doing what they should be doing Stinky The Clown Feb 2016 #24

$1,500 loan for almost 30 years should have been paid off years ago. Dude lives in a new house. B Calm Feb 2016 #23

The guy wasn't arrested for not paying his student loan Trekologer Feb 2016 #25

Glad this wasn't exactly as it seemed, Tien1985 Feb 2016 #26

Court is exactly where a delinquent debt should be handled ShrimpPoboy Feb 2016 #27

I get why this particular guy was arrested. Tien1985 Feb 2016 #28