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Related: About this forumWatch Elizabeth Warren grill banker over cruel student loan policies (VIDEO)
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Senator Elizabeth Warren continued her fight for the middle class as she grilled Mr. Richard Hunt, President and CEO of Consumer Bankers Association about the immoral student loan practices by bankers.She started by expressing concern that most loans, whether they are credit card loans, car loans, or other loans can be discharged in bankruptcy to enable a fresh start.
Corporations take advantage of bankruptcies all the times as they stiff companies large and small for their irresponsible behavior. Ironically a bankruptcy hit on an individual is more permanent than on a corporation. As a made up legal, corporations can just die and reincarnate themselves with the same principals under a different charter.
Elizabeth Warren illustrated the draconian nature of bank student loan policies by relating a CNN Money story about a family who was struggling for relief after their daughter died. They co-signed their daughters $100,000 in loans. She died and the banks came after the grieving parents who were left taking care of three grandchildren and a huge student loan to repay. The banks did not forgive the loans. Because student loans cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, very few extenuating circumstances can force the forgiveness of a loan.
So far what that bank has said is no, Elizabeth Warren said. The banks have not forgiven those loans. They have not provided adequate relief to this family and I dont know how many other families are in those circumstances. There really is no substitute for bankruptcy protection. But banks went out and lobby to make sure that they were going to be exempt from the bankruptcy laws. And now they wont even provide the modest relief that is provided on federal loans for people who end up in terrible financial circumstances. I think this is wrong.
http://egbertowillies.com/2014/08/02/elizabeth-warren-banker-student-loan/
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Watch Elizabeth Warren grill banker over cruel student loan policies (VIDEO) (Original Post)
egbertowillies
Aug 2014
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Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)1. Love her!
PADemD
(4,482 posts)2. Are student loans not insured in case of death or disability?
trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)3. BANKS ARE ALL CROOKS. Make them change the policies now!!!!!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)4. I bet the banks can still take the entire estate even if the bank loan co-signers die.
These bank student loans are like peonage. wonder how much total interest the banks earn off each loan.