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> The debt isn’t real,

How come?

IMO the cost and value of college have long since diverged. Colleges and creditors are colluding and, unfortunately, many borrowers feel they have no choice but to participate in this sick game.

You’re asking how a line item in a database isn’t real?

Why not send me $100k then? It's just a line in a database after all.

Did you incur that debt because your country is dysfunctional, doesn’t provide education at a reasonable cost, and you were told it was the only path to a good job? Probably not.

[argument withdrawn]

I have plenty of friends that graduated from state schools and incurred no debt, all in the US. Does that invalidate your points about the inability to get an education at a reasonable cost?

> I’m sure you’d have no problem burning millions of dollars of VC funding on a low value business idea, as if that would be of superior economic value.

You know absolutely nothing about me.

State schools aren't some magical catch all free education place. You might know some people who pulled it off but there are a lot of us that didn't.

I know several people that went to school in NJ. I just looked up the costs and it's < $10k/year. That's pretty reasonable and NJ is a high cost of living state. No one said there is a magical catch all.

Isn't your paycheck a line item in your employer's database?

Debt is only real if someone is out that money.

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