{"id":14,"date":"2012-04-26T20:46:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T00:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2012-04-27T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T23:30:00","slug":"yeah-why-dont-we-stop-treating-the-concept-of-bankruptcy-as-a-safety-net-and-look-for-ways-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/yeah-why-dont-we-stop-treating-the-concept-of-bankruptcy-as-a-safety-net-and-look-for-ways-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeah, Why Don&#8217;t we Stop Treating the Concept of &#8220;Bankruptcy&#8221; as a Safety Net&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, why don&#039;t we stop treating the concept of &quot;bankruptcy&quot; as a safety net, and look for ways to avoid it from happening in the first place?<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att\">\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_topstories\/~3\/v4Bsn_yjoq0\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama should push bankruptcy relief for student loans &#8211; CNN.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-img\" style=\"float:left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_topstories\/~3\/v4Bsn_yjoq0\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&amp;gadget=a&amp;resize_h=100&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.cdn.turner.com%2Fcnn%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F120426042710-kamenetz-obama-higher-education-story-top.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-att-txt\">Anya Kamenetz says proposals to help students dig out from college debt don&#039;t go far enough. Bankruptcy would give lenders incentive for negotiating, and lower the cost of college in the long term<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g-crossposting-backlink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/110201780316922068503\/posts\/1yVQ7qGvTVo\" target=\"_blank\">This was posted on Google+&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H4>Related Awesome<\/H4><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Is Congress Trying To Make All Their Decisions Final?\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/congress-decisions-final\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Is Congress Trying To Make All Their Decisions Final?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Egypt Democratic Transition Hits a Major Milestone\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/democracy-in-egypt\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Egypt Democratic Transition Hits a Major Milestone<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Tweet: 9 Year-Old&#8217;s Message to Westboro Baptist\" href=\"https:\/\/pixel-shredder.com\/blog\/tweet-via-nprnews-9-year-old-72\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tweet: 9 Year-Old&#8217;s Message to Westboro Baptist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, why don&#039;t we stop treating the concept of &quot;bankruptcy&quot; as a safety net, and look for ways to avoid it from happening in the first place? Obama should push bankruptcy relief for student loans &#8211; CNN.com Anya Kamenetz says proposals to help students dig out from college debt don&#039;t go far enough. 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