JumpCrisscross5d ago

Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/business/student-loans-abroad-default.html

Some Borrowers Are Moving Abroad and Abandoning Their Student Loans

A record number of student loan borrowers are in delinquency and default. Some are making the drastic decision to leave the country and abandon their loans.

The New York Times
Show threaddeclan_roberts
The most frustrating part of the student loan question is that you can still GET THESE LOANS! The schools will sell you into indentured servitude today! They'll take the money and don't care at all! They take ZERO responsibility for the student loan crisis.
Apr 4 at 9:19pmWeb
Show threadAncalagon5d ago

Crisis? This is the intended outcome. Look around - companies and the media are upset when people exercise their ability to change jobs, drop out of the workforce, or move abroad.

The system is working exactly as intended. Debt and healthcare are just ways we are bound to it.