Americans are so lucky, you guys can actually walk away from a debt and file for bankruptcy, here in australia they hunt you down like dogs, take you to court liquidate your assets and bar you from owning anything
for 5 years. I sometimes wish i could hand the keys to the bank. on the other hand we had no GFC here and our economy boomed while everyone else busted, Our banks operate on very strict standards and there arent any no-doc loans.
I degress but my point being if you take a loan you should be honour bound to pay it! whether you signed a shitty deal or not the onus is on the customer to understand what they sign up for e.g. read the fine print.
I would never be able to look my father in the eye if i defaulted on a promise made.