Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Typhoon2000  
Maybe you should take a break from the internet for a little bit?

@Mikey  
I hate getting sick plus with the amount of people the virus has killed, Northern Italy being shutdown, and South Korea deteriorating rapidly with the virus is what worries me

Another 2008 is not coming, and stop stressing about the virus.

@Background Pony #2D00  
Your word against someone who’s trained to analyze that.

@Background Pony #2D00  
I’m trained to analyze the economic part, if that is what you are referring to.

@Typhoon2000  
The virus is not the Black Plague. Don’t worry about it. I mean, I grew up in the age where H1N1 influenza caused mass panic. Fuck, I actually got it at some point and it was the worst 2 weeks of my life.

According to entrance polls, Sanders absolutely swept almost every major demographic
 
Only coming second with black voters, and voters over 60. He smashed with independents, capturing 50% of the vote, and tied with Biden for Moderates and Conservatives.
 
If he hits even half the demographic high-notes nationally that he did in Nevada then Trump is fucked.

My question is: how can we make money or at least not be hit by whatever financial crisis and or the increasing paranoia over the virus?
 
I mean I think I technically can just say stuff like “pay your penance in cash or credit and God will save you from the virus, for the virus has no power over God and He is the cure to all illness” and I’m pretty goddamn sure some1 will believe me.

@Typhoon2000  
Thinks the entire US Government will shut down. When in reality the entire US Government won’t shut down because of some virus.

@igotnopicks  
Could they at least shut enough banks down so ppls’ debts get defaulted, nulled and voided?  
I mean, ppl have so much debt.

@tehwatever  
that’d be a good way to crash the economy.

@tehwatever  
They coud shut down the banks. But they got to open them eventually or else you start to lose money for your country.

@Zincy  
Among people voting for the Democrat candidate.
 
 
@tehwatever  
Or you could not be an unscrupulous profiteer off the fears of others?

@Background Pony #2D00  
Sure. But you can just like, give them banks more money like last time. Worked in 2008, dinnit?
 
Speaking of debt.
 
Does the USA got programs that ppl can apply for, to maybe clear out debts? Are ppl doing it? How effective are they?

@Latecomer  
A small amount of ppl are being unreasonably paranoid, considering they dont even live anywhere near ground zero nor heavily infected areas. I just want them to chill.

@Background Pony #D763  
That was me. I hit the anon botton by axident.

@tehwatever  
what do you mean clear out debts? You could declare bankruptcy, but that isn’t a good solution. There are third parties which exist to help you find ways to pay debt back, and banks will work with borrowers to help them pay it back.

@Background Pony #2D00  
I mean exactly that. You answered it for me thx.
 
So what’s preventing students and or ppl taking on too much debt to start applying for these programs (outside of Bankruptcy).

@tehwatever  
Nothing, many do. Student loans can be odd though. You cannot declare bankruptcy on those, but you can call whatever company is in charge of administering the loan and talk to them about repayment plans. For private debt you generally shouldn’t rely on them unless you are totally screwed.

@tehwatever  
Under current law, student loans can’t be claimed in a bankruptcy except in very limited circumstances, and the Trump administration is denying the vast majority of the 210,000-some applications for forgiveness or discharge. Even if the student has been fully compliant with the forgiveness program that they signed for when they applied for their loan.

@Derpy Whooves  
Hmm…  
What if one was to relinquish their college degree. Can ppl get a refund on college and then maybe pay some of the debt off? Man, I shoulda axed this queshon when I was in college.
 
Edit:  
Here’s the plan: take loan, go to colleg, get educated, get networked, get degree, reject degree, asked for partial refund, pay some of your debt.
 
You get all the colleg experience and education without the degree.

@Derpy Whooves  
If you’re talking Trumps budget proposal, it would not apply retroactively to people who have taken out loans already. Also it is only one piece of his proposal.

IIRC, there’s a couple of class-action lawsuits going on against Betsy DeVos for students who were unfortunate enough to attend a diploma mill such as DeVry, ITT Tech, and the Art Institutes. I believe I’m a class-member.

60% of Nevada’s polls have reported in. Bernie is still strutting off with 46% of the vote while the second place, Biden, is just shy of cracking 20%.