Reply #23: True enough, but if they can get a little money out of you for the war chest, too, why not? [View All]

[quiet.american]

Who ever thought government-contracted collection agencies would have free reign to terrorize people over their student loans to the point where some have committed suicide?

There's something about this that just makes me uneasy. In the current climate, how hard would it be to pass a bill that says any U.S. citizen traveling abroad is a national security risk unless their bills are paid up? Fanciful? Perhaps. But it's starting to be difficult to recall what it feels like to live in a free country -- so much has happened here that we never thought could happen here.