Posted on 09/24/2007 4:53:43 PM PDT by DogandPonyShow
Jan Yoder was preparing for her son's funeral when the phone rang. It was another student loan collector wanting to know when her son would pay up.
Her terse response: Jason is dead. And, she said, "You are part of the reason he took his own life.''
Trust me, this person had plenty of other problems. And he would have killed himself over something else.
‘Her terse response: Jason is dead. And, she said, “You are part of the reason he took his own life.’’’
I guess his landlord, the electric company and the water company are the other perps. Round ‘em up. /s
Knew him well, did you?
I’m sure we’ll be soon hearing stories of suicides because of lack of health care, too. Sheesh.....
So now people aren’t supposed to pay their just debts if it makes them feel bad about themselves or depresses them? Sorry, we can’t run a viable economy that way. This young man was obviously troubled and the collectors probably had little or nothing to do with his taking his own life. I expect the family will try to sue the collection agencies, if I know our modern society.
Suicide: A permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Or maybe it was because his name was “Jan”. So maybe the Mom is the perp.
Jan-Michael Vincent ain’t doing to great. There could be a pattern.
Yes...
“While relatives acknowledge Yoder had fought depression on and off for years...”
Well, people who intentionally cheat on their taxes or run up huge credit card bills gambling are allowed to renegotiate the debt or set upsome kind of compromise to make things right. As the system stands now Student Loan debtors are on par with criminals paying monetary restitution for their crimes and people who owe the mafia money.
That’s incredibly sad. Prayers for the surviving family.
“I expect the family will try to sue the collection agencies, if I know our modern society.”
Of course. Why contact the press for the article?
So then could he have made a case that he was mentally incompetent when he took out the debts and legally walked away from them?
Bumper sticker: “Get even, die in debt!”
A student loan is a government-backed & guaranteed loan (like a VA or FHA mortgage or SBA business loan), unlike credit cards, which are unsecured. Back taxes are another matter, as the IRS is just happy to get dimes on the dollar in many cases. Kind of an apples and radiators comparison.
I smell a lawsuit in the making.
When will “Big Education” be characterized the same way “Big Oil” is? The cost of college education has skyrocketed while oil and gasoline has decreased as a percentage of family budget (Despite recent spikes).
IMHO I always thought debt was debt. A lender takes risks when he loans money, some of that risk is that he will not get the money back. That is why he gets to charge interest.
The student loan lenders are esstentilly taking NO RISK. (Except as in this case when the payee offs themselves)
IMHO
The S.L. whole system is bad. Tuition is too high and loans are too readily available to those who cannot show any real potential to pay it back. The situation is worse the the curent home mortage situation.
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If people have made good faith efforts to pay the SL debt back over a substantial period of time and cannot due to circumstances essentially beyond their control; Their healy, other monetary concerns, etc. they should have a way of making itrigh without beinghounded into their old age or until their death.
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Good point....suicide is cowardice however the insane rising costs of a college education are outrageous and insipid.
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