It comes as no surprise that there has been a sense, mostly among members of Congress, that debtors who choose chapter 13 are more dedicated to repaying their creditors than those who choose chapter 7. Before enactment of the Bankruptcy Abu…
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It comes as no surprise that there has been a sense, mostly among members of Congress, that debtors who choose chapter 13 are more dedicated to repaying their creditors than those who choose chapter 7. Before enactment of the Bankruptcy Abu…
In April's Consumer Corner, we began to consider whether the middle class is about to shatter. While the April article examined the trend between 1980 and 2000, this article focuses on the 90s—a decade that saw bankruptcies explode during a…