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Elizabeth Warren: “This is a big ticking time bomb because people can get out of other kinds of debt through bankruptcy, but as you know…”

On the recordJune 5, 2013
This is a big ticking time bomb because people can get out of other kinds of debt through bankruptcy, but as you know, they cannot get out of student debt.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren highlights the unsustainable nature of student debt compared to other debts.

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