• ZzyzxRoad@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    How is that possible when mortgages and student loan debt is factored in? Also I wonder why they excluded medical debt. Maybe they consider these things more “voluntary”

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      1 year ago

      There are tons of people who have neither a mortgage nor student loans, which certainly mitigates the average

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      1 year ago

      Medical debt is kinda ghost debt in a lot of ways. There are a lot of situations where it doesn’t count against you.