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		cryptofits on Oct 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zombie debts are hounding struggling Americans "Government violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and harasses seniors for debts that are outside the statute of limitations" FTFY

Mountain_Skies on Oct 15, 2019 [–]

Sounds like the government is exempt so they're not violating the letter of the law but certainly are violating the spirit of the law.

beerandt on Oct 15, 2019 | [–]

The law prohibits aggressively collecting expired debts. Government debts don't expire. I'd say that's still within the spirit.

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