Debt Repayment Debate

The cluster centers on discussions about the nature of debt, whether it must be repaid (especially government or large-scale debt), and concepts like debt cancellation, default, or transfer rather than traditional repayment.

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Sample Comments

joelhaasnoot Aug 29, 2011 View on HN

You forget their possible debt...

debtor123 Mar 22, 2017 View on HN

This abstraction of debt doesn't really work for me...

rawr Jul 30, 2009 View on HN

Go back. You'll make the debt up.

adamdonahue May 27, 2019 View on HN

It's only debt if you have to pay it back.

cushychicken Jan 22, 2017 View on HN

It's a debt that's generally paid forward, not back. You still have a shot.

gregoriol Mar 2, 2021 View on HN

Well, try to owe money to a bank and see what happens

e40 Nov 12, 2025 View on HN

All those billions of debt gotta be paid off by someone!

makomk Apr 2, 2013 View on HN

Why would you want to repay the debts in the first place?

6d6b73 Apr 25, 2019 View on HN

Paying debt is not loss. They never had that money they just borrowed it

varjag Mar 13, 2015 View on HN

No need to track it, just default on the debt when it's too much to bear.