As bizarre as it is for a nation to accumulate unsustainable debt and saddle future generations, it is even dumber for individuals for whatever reason to incur such debts. There are always choices. The full ramifications of bankruptcy is becoming more than an abstraction for America.
I agree BUT everyone else gets to discharge in bankruptcy. All the student loan people will be shackled for life. I am in no way in favor of rewarding bad behavior but it seems silly to me to allow ADULTS who made spectacular bad financial decisions to accept the consequences of their bad decisions (bankruptcy) and obtain relief while we say CHILDREN who made horrible decisions must bear it for life.