• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So what’s your solution? Someone borrows money and then doesn’t pay it back - do we shrug and say “oh well, I guess he doesn’t have to?” Without enforcement of collecting debts, the whole lending system breaks down. So what, you can only buy a house if you have the full cash price for it? That’s going to hurt everyone except the rich.

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      7 months ago

      Stopping predatory lending and free healthcare will take care of most of it.

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        7 months ago

        Those are important things to do, but we’ve had collections agencies way longer than either of those things have been a problem.