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The Personal Finance Industry Is a Scam (gq.com)
5 points by jaden on June 13, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> Instead of the sage life-saving advice I was sure she [Suze Orman] would offer on how to manage an amount of student debt the size of a home mortgage, she quickly brushed me aside with a breezily uttered, “student debt doesn’t count because it doesn’t affect your credit rating.” ...

Student debt can't be discharged except in very restrictive situations, so you could say this form of debt matters more.

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancell...




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