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Xolodno

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11. I'm aware of that, but it was also overkill.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #10)

Sat Dec 28, 2024, 05:55 PM

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And just created new problems and incentive to push out loans no matter what, nor with any consideration of what people should study to earn a good income. People coming out of high school at 17 and 18 don't know what they are getting into.

I think that legislation passed out of hysteria and not what was really going on.

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