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I did not make that claim. I made the following:

  Bankruptcy won't even discharge the kind of debt many/most of the lower-middle class fall broke upon. 
The whole point was that bankruptcy wasn't a remedy discharging these forms of going broke. It's unsurprising the bankruptcy data leans towards a 'cause' that will actually discharge their debt, otherwise the incentive for a broke person to file bankruptcy is lowered.


Most of the lower-middle class do not fall broke upon the things you listed.


Looks like there's equivocation about "bankrupt" and "broke". To me you can be broke without going through the legal bankruptcy process.




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