She cosigned. His mother was hurt.
Can't declare bankruptcy against a student loan. I assume LEE SIEGEL's writing this because (thankfully for his mother's sake) she has died.
Lee fits well with liberal elite organizations like the New York Times. They deserve each other.
That said, if this guy had a conscience he would rage against the college system that rips off students. College that have loan sharks right there on campus and sometimes 'take a cut'.
Liberal elite colleges charge as much as students can handle... and then some. Colleges don't offer more - they just charge more - for less. Much less. And they don't care if they ruin the student, ruin his parents, ruin the country. Liberal elites have raised tuition 5000% because they know they can destroy trusting mothers who love their worthless sons. Can we assume Lee's father was dead - and would have cautioned Less mother NOT to sign?
In the world outside of liberal elites - those who rob young people - and the New York Times types - those that celebrates lowlifes, YOU LEE SIEGEL are scum.
And no, not because you 'defaulted'... (again - it hit mama not you...)but because you celebrate your lack of understanding and conscience toward t he person who gave birth to you..
And besides Lee, those kids who didn't con their mothers into signing are not able to 'default' because courts have ruled banks can go after them until they die. The last years of your mother's life she was hounded by bill collectors. Must have been fun for her. That's the real reason you're not admirable. Who does that to their mother?
Oh, and the 'advice' you gave isn't even accurate. Anyone who didn't con their mothers can't 'default' on their loans.
Have three daughters and offered to pay for college instead of a wedding. All took the education. I did had control over their major. They graduated with environmental science, teacher and international business degrees. I spent 20 years paying off their college, all state schools. I didn't run away from the loans. They were my responsibility. Unlike the writer, I accept my responsibilities and paid them off.