Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection.

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    13 hours ago

    They’re a big step up from the previous alternative, that was rife with racism, abuse, and god-ole-boy advantage.

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      12 hours ago

      Why not neither?

      Lets get rid of our credit scores and the racism, abuse, and good-ole-boy advantage.

      None of it is necessary. None of it is needed.

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        10 hours ago

        One of them kind of is necessary.
        If you don’t have some kind of “objective standard” to decide who gets a loan or not, you’re at the whims of the loan officer sitting in front of you; Including all the bias they (knowingly or not) bring to the table.