That's wrong, because you can (if you wish) buy a $10,000 Treasury bill that will bring all your interest payments right back to you--thereby, in effect, taxing yourself to pay off the debt right away, and limiting your damage to the initial $10,000.
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It's possible to mitigate your damages to the original $10,000.
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There is no way to limit damages to the initial $10,000.