Grieving father struggles to pay dead son’s student loans. Some, not all, student loans are erased by the borrower’s death, but they are not cancelled by bankruptcy, giving the lender the right to pursue the borrower (or in this case, the co-signer) to the ends of the earth for the money. Yeah, one shouldn’t borrow more than one can repay but bankrupcy is the legal means for dealing with those mistakes. Why are student loans immune?
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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