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Very well said. Indeed, as you say, “In a libertarian system of justice, loans don't get canceled just because a creditor happens to be guilty of torts or breaches of contract against third parties.”

However, it is my contention that we are not now discussing any libertarian system of justice. Rather, we are in the midst of a govt giveaway of OPM (other people’s money). Hence, I think that the criterion, assuming that we can’t discern who the money really belongs to (we have no God’s eye view of the situation), should be, the most libertarian people should get the money

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yours are important questions, challenges. but I was only commenting upon a narrow policy. ideally, there should be no govt at all, and thus none of these issues would arise.

it is as if I'm analyzing what is the sum of 2+2, and you're criticizing me for not doing so for 2+3.

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I don't support government stealing money from any innocent person

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today?

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In a libertarian system of justice, loans don't get canceled just because a creditor happens to be guilty of torts or breaches of contract against third parties. Only a breach of the loan contract by the creditor against the debtor can possibly erase the contractual obligation that the debtor voluntarily consented to, and even that depends on the particulars of the situation and the contract. A libertarian court should enforce student debt obligations, but assign the creditor's interest in receiving repayment to the creditor's victims, thus turning these victims into substitute creditors.

As for forgiveness of a loan by the creditor, a creditor's interest can't be given away to the debtor or to anyone else in contemplation of stiffing the creditor's victims. As a matter of equity, a victim always has the senior claim to an aggressor's assets at the moment the aggression is committed, even if the courts haven't yet reduced such a claim to a specific judgement debt.

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When has libertarianism ever endorsed taypayer funded subsidies?

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