Let’s say that I know this friend who has not paid back his student loans from the states. While Uncle Sam paid most of the education, a loan of about $10,000 was not paid back.

Fast foreword to 15 years later. This friend is living in BKK and gets a phone call out of the blue from the Federal Student Loan Program. Strange, yes they are slow, but how did they know?

The government now wants $34,000. My friend was nice and polite and said ‘WTF?” Since they already had my friend’s phone number, he gave them his BKK address and said please snail mail the particulars.

My advice to my friend:

  • The US government can’t do shit!
  • The US government could hire a Thai collection agency. Then my friend could have problems.

Your advice?