From the sidelines, many voices say that the answer to all of this is to launch a eurobond that would essentially turn national debts into common European debt.

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The most common form is bonded servitude, or holding people to work off debts with stratospheric interest rates.

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The new bill will make it harder for individuals to declare Chapter 7, the most common form of bankruptcy, which allows debtors to walk away from their debts, often while shielding exempt assets like cars and homes.

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