It generally takes longer to pay off a debt consolidation loan and it's more expensive long-term.

一般都需较长的时间来偿还债务和贷款巩固它的较贵长远。

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A big plus for consumers is they will now be told how long it will take (and how much money it will cost) to pay off a debt making only monthly minimum payments.

对消费者一个很有利的措施是他们现在将被告知需要多长时间(以及需要多少成本)来还清债务，这将帮助他们做出每月最低还款的决策。

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In fact, it now takes much less gold to pay off the U.S. debt than it did a decade ago.

事实上，相较十年以前，现在要还清美国的债务只需偿付少得多的黄金。

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"Job creation in the United States is something that small businesses, entrepreneurs and the private sector will do but they cannot do it if they are burdened by a legacy of debt and the prospect of higher taxes to pay off that debt and that is the most troubling aspect of the policies this administration is pursuing,".

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The creditor says McLaughlin tried to pay off a debt with common stock in his company, even recommending a Boca Raton, Fla. broker, since sanctioned for penny-stock scams, who could supposedly sell the shares on the open market.

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It tells a reliable story: Chris Farraday (Wahlberg), once the most adept smuggler in the world, bursts out of retirement in order to pay off a debt incurred by the stupid kid brother (Caleb Landry Jones) of his loving wife (Kate Beckinsale).

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On the other hand, if some have to be broken to help a current college student or to pay off debt in a way that might work a little bit better for you, do it in a way that minimizes any damage and move forward.

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