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In a recent deficit-reduction plan submitted to congress, the president has included a provision that would make it easier for debt collectors to call the personal cell phones of private citizens. If signed into law, this would allow debt collectors to aggressively pursue debtors by means that previously haven't been legal. Collectors would be allowed to call consumers' cell phones to collect money that's owed to the government, primarily in the form of student loans. This comes despite other legal measures to make it easier for individuals to consolidate and negotiate student loan payments. Though the plan is already unpopular, Obama's administration justifies the decision by arguing that it's necessary in an age when most people don't use landlines anymore....