Over at AOL's Daily Finance Section, reporter Laura Rowley writes, "Hundreds of thousands of borrowers who are behind on their federal student loans may be the target of some unwanted -- and expensive -- attention: A provision in President Obama's deficit reduction plan would allow debt collectors to call the cell phones of people who are late on government loans or on loans with federal guarantees. Currently, collectors can only call home phones."
Great! So they can hunt us down even more so than they already are. Ain't this news grand?
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We need to start a petition against this rule immediately on change.org. This is terrible.
So you think anyone with a cell phone should be able to dodge repaying their federal debt? This was a rule designed to restrict telemarketers which has been misinterpreted by the courts to include calls from organizations with whom the call recipient already has a business relationship, for example a bank account or a loan.
@Anon 8:05 that is not the appropriate question to ask, and that's not what I am saying. You are failing to realize that this is a SYSTEMIC crisis, and that we need to come up with a solution that won't penalize people who are struggling in this disastrous economy. That's the point.
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