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Comment author: AspiringRationalist 14 November 2013 01:01:47AM 3 points [-]

It sounds a lot like a loan. Giving loans to people who have gotten into debt that they can't pay off tends not to work out very well.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 14 November 2013 01:30:28AM 1 point [-]

Even if it's a bad idea, that doesn't make it the particular bad idea that lmm alleged it was.

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