# The Five-Year Test – When Bankruptcy Beats Trying to Repay Your Debt

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-20T13:45:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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Treat bankruptcy as a moral failure and you’ll keep paying long after the math stops working, even if that means emptying a 401(k) or borrowing against your house for debts bankruptcy would have erased. Filing is a legal tool, not... Source

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