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0 pointsjamestimmins4y ago0 comments

Where is the fraud? I acknowledge the unethical behavior, but that's distinct from fraud.

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csee4y ago· 1 in thread

It's a confidence game being played on 17 year old kids who don't know any better. I agree it's a grey area and the fraud label may not fit, but it's fairly close to the truth.

s1artibartfast4y ago

The Confidence Game that the US government is playing on 17 olds. It's not the universities that are giving people loans to walk into a casino.

Perhaps we shouldn't seize the assets of random voters who enacted these programs

literallyaduck4y ago

Underwriting loans which the borrower has no ability to repay is fraud.

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