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Tyler Burns · 37w
Don't get me wrong, as someone who has retired at the age of 42 and have been debt free aside from a mortgage on my home, I abhor debt and understand that more than anyone. But everyone's financial si...
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The cost of a penny of debt is a contract that has the same legal enforcement as a debt of $1M.

That is the point I am making here.

If you actually borrow $1 from your mate, he is not going to take you to court to recover it, neither is a firm going to spend a lot of effort recovering a few hundred dollars of debt.

But they could if they choose and they could force you into bankruptcy if you are unable to pay.
Tyler Burns · 37w
If I have $100 in collateral for my $100 dollars I am in debt for, I get liquidated if I am unable to pay, not pushed into bankruptcy. That was my original point.