I’ve come to realize that a lot of sovereign citizens are just poor people grasping at anything to provide hope and safety. These posts don’t seem as funny in that light.
That’s definitely a subset, but then there’s at least as many, if not more, jerk offs who legitimately thinkbthe government has no authority over them, or think child support is a scam. And the real problem is that NONE of them are willing to listen when they’re told they’re wrong.
Oh I’m sure the banks want to lend to people who don’t pay back loans because they’re convinced that the government has money in a strawman account or whatever.
What magic spell do I cast on the money man to make him give me free money?
Yeah, it’s fun to laugh at these fools, but it kind of pisses me off that they are the reason some of us can’t get loans we can actually afford.
They’re not the reason we can’t get loans. Greed is the only reason we can’t get loans. Don’t waste your resentment on fools while the capitalists have their hands in your pockets.
I’m definitely not ruling out greed, it’s always there, but these people increase the risk of lenders writing off the loans. Higher risk intensifies their greed.
Yup. There’s plenty of blame to go around on this one.
That’s an interesting question, actually: how DO you go about rebuilding credit, when it’s so bad you can’t get a loan?
I did it but it took a lot of work. Step one is that I filled disputes on anything past due. I knocked several off that my ex had taken out in my name because it literally wasn’t me. Step two was a secured credit card. Step three was a “loan” where all I really did was pop money into an account that I got back (minus a small fee) at the end of the loan term. There are a few companies that do this. Then came letters and emails for anyone who showed even one late payment with a sob story about how I was trying to buy a house and only had that one spot on my record and could they please remove it. I got all of them removed eventually, but it did take multiple emails (not just disputes) but all you need is one yes. Once your score improves get a couple of cards that you use and pay off every month. Not too many, just one more than the secured one (which you can eventually flip). Once your credit starts going up, get higher limit cards with good perks and game their system. Then stop getting cards. It’ll crawl up.
I was cleaned up in just about 3 years from the high 400s-low 500s up to 800ish depending on the bureau.
Don’t take out any consumer loans (affirm, klarna, afterpay) because sometimes they report and they look bad even with a pristine payment history because historically the people getting them weren’t reliable enough for a real loan.
Alternatively you could wait 7 years. Most of it just disappears at that point.
