if they cosign for that debt, they are on the line or a herriot they are finding out the hard way.ld there be an another? it is cruel, but it is the law, according to one. the obligation is just as much yours as there is dead or alive. and you make the debt, you pay the debt, you can order that, don't create it. something my mother taught me many years ago. and roger in michigan, someone needs to do more research on government-backed student loans, it's been a long standing that you need life insurance to pay it off if the student dies before paying it off. because there is no bankruptcy or forgiveness of that specific type of loan with a cosigner. and anita and florida, she says that's what i like about your show, you'd best issues like these and make us think through the ramifications of the law or in this case, standard contract lending law. and are you a lawyer, perchance? no, i'm not, just a guy who reads a prompter, which bothers alex every time he hears me say that. it irks me to no end that you make what appears to be a very nice living reading the words that someone else w