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Can't pay your bills? Go directly to Jail!

 
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06/04/2011 11:13 AM
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Can't pay your bills? Go directly to Jail!
Debtor prisons coming back?

Brilliant idea, in a recession with crime rising and people falling deeper in debt due to the economy, take our already diminished police force, send them after people who can't keep up with their bills and throw them in jail at tax payer expense so they loose their job or it keeps them from finding one and definitely can't pay their bills.




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Well they won't have to worry about meals.
"Everybody lies."
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06/04/2011 11:20 AM
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Why didn't they just pay their bills like the rest of us have to?
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06/04/2011 11:27 AM
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Why didn't they just pay their bills like the rest of us have to?
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lost their job, can't afford to?? refusing to pay is one thing but can't pay is another.
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06/04/2011 11:29 AM
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WTF are they talking about? As far as I know the only way you can be arrested for debt is if you have committed fraud like a hot check etc. Yet they are claiming people are being jailed for missing a couple credit card payments or not paying a bill? I CALL BULL SHIT!
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06/04/2011 11:29 AM
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Bankruptcy?

Debtor prisons coming back?

Brilliant idea, in a recession with crime rising and people falling deeper in debt due to the economy, take our already diminished police force, send them after people who can't keep up with their bills and throw them in jail at tax payer expense so they loose their job or it keeps them from finding one and definitely can't pay their bills.




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Re: Can't pay your bills? Go directly to Jail!
WTF are they talking about? As far as I know the only way you can be arrested for debt is if you have committed fraud like a hot check etc. Yet they are claiming people are being jailed for missing a couple credit card payments or not paying a bill? I CALL BULL SHIT!
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Re: Can't pay your bills? Go directly to Jail!
WTF are they talking about? As far as I know the only way you can be arrested for debt is if you have committed fraud like a hot check etc. Yet they are claiming people are being jailed for missing a couple credit card payments or not paying a bill? I CALL BULL SHIT!
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06/04/2011 11:35 AM
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Clever move, debtors go to JAIL and TAXPAYERS PAY OFF debtors DEBT.
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06/04/2011 11:37 AM
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I tell my debt collectors that I will never pay because I don't support the monetary system. They can put me in debtors prison. 3 hots and a cot, and all the sex you could ever not want.
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06/04/2011 11:51 AM
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Anyone remember debters prisons from England????

Not a new idea at all.

whats old is whats new....
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06/04/2011 11:58 AM
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Re: Can't pay your bills? Go directly to Jail!
WTF are they talking about? As far as I know the only way you can be arrested for debt is if you have committed fraud like a hot check etc. Yet they are claiming people are being jailed for missing a couple credit card payments or not paying a bill? I CALL BULL SHIT!
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you need to educate yourself on the subject. They've figured out a way to "legally" do it. the claim is they aren't locking you up for the debt, they reframe it and turn it into a crime. If you think they don't too bad for you.





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