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10. All debt is forgiven when someone dies. Even taxes and student loan debt.

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 11:40 AM

Dec 2012

UNLESS someone else cosigned for those student loans. Then, yes, they are left holding the bag.

If you EVER cosign a loan for somebody, be sure you take out a term life insurance policy on them to pay cosigned debts if they die.

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College graduates get more relief on loan payments [View all] Seedersandleechers Dec 2012 OP

Income Based payment helps, but it means paying for the loan for much longer liberal N proud Dec 2012 #1

Indentured Servitude, v. 2.0 - n/t coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #5

This is a start redstatebluegirl Dec 2012 #2

Look into "Public Service Loan Forgivness" teenagebambam Dec 2012 #4

Good suggestion, but in an era where government spending and thus coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #7

unfortunately, the nonprofit lab that hired me after I got my MLT degree magical thyme Dec 2012 #11

My sister taught on a Reservation in the west for 7 years to pay off her loan. That was back in the jwirr Dec 2012 #12

Most "Public Service Loan Forgiveness" only applies if the loan payments are current. happyslug Dec 2012 #27

These loans are also hurting the parents of those students LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #6

Have your daughters default on those loans, unless you co-signed happyslug Dec 2012 #25

Thank you for the information LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #30

Education should be supported and students given a bailout lovuian Dec 2012 #16

That's me! a la izquierda Jan 2013 #46

So why does nobody think about this sort of thing skepticscott Dec 2012 #3

In our case, we thought our daughters would graduate and get decent jobs LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #8

All debt is forgiven when someone dies. Even taxes and student loan debt. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #10

The 1% have sold the populace on the specious idea that higher education is coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #13

We live in a sea of information skepticscott Dec 2012 #18

STRAWMAN AWARD of the WEEK! This is NOT about coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #23

You forgot to call me an imperialist dog, comrade skepticscott Dec 2012 #37

You continue to slide and slither around the central question, which is coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #39

You and your ilk here are the ones bashing the working class skepticscott Dec 2012 #43

First you won Strawman of the Week Award, and now you have won coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #44

Funny that we heard the president skepticscott Jan 2013 #45

As often as not there isn't much of a choice Posteritatis Dec 2012 #15

The question is skepticscott Dec 2012 #20

Many career fields tanked with the economy. Its not a student's fault if they did due diligence riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #22

thank you--that was written very well renate Dec 2012 #42

its because poor kids would be excluded from lovuian Dec 2012 #17

If you're saying it would be nice and beneficial skepticscott Dec 2012 #19

you're absolving the REAL assholes from any kind of blame Skittles Dec 2012 #26

Exactly (n/t) bread_and_roses Dec 2012 #28

Who are the "real assholes" skepticscott Dec 2012 #36

the fact that you have to ASK Skittles Dec 2012 #38

The fact that your answer is a lame dodge with no facts skepticscott Dec 2012 #40

oh, what nonsense - both this and your posts below bread_and_roses Dec 2012 #29

Were you planning on addressing ANY of the points I made skepticscott Dec 2012 #41

I agree SS AlecBGreen Dec 2012 #32

What did congress do Sadie5 Dec 2012 #9

Is this payment tax deductible? midnight Dec 2012 #14

The interest is but you get back a pittance DotGone Dec 2012 #21

Who knows what the future brings?Perhaps all these VOTING CHILDREN and PARENTS and lovuian Dec 2012 #33

More and more of these loans JReed Dec 2012 #24

Can't afford to make $400/mo payments? high density Dec 2012 #31

You'd have to double my pay to afford $400 a month Fearless Dec 2012 #35

$38,000 is actually not that bad by today's standards davidn3600 Dec 2012 #34