Debtors prison returns!

Discussion in 'Economics' started by peilthetraveler, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. i know, but it would be nice if you got forclosed on that at least they would let you live in jail until you could get back on your feet and find a place to live. It shouldn't be mandatory, but it could be a compassionate option.
     
    #11     Jan 2, 2012
  2. I'm not saying they should be "forced" to sell their car, tv, or family dog...but they shouldnt claim they have no money and we are supposed to feel sorry for them if they do have those things.

    For instance...lets scale it up a bit and I will show you what I mean. Lets say instead of $2k, I borrow $5 million from you. You come to collect, but I say I dont have any money because I've spent it on a van gogh painting, a ferrari and a new house. Now should people feel sorry for me because I can't pay you because i "dont have any money"? No they shouldnt. I should sell my assets of my own free will and pay what I owe to you.

    Also the article states they are going to jail for not paying their court ordered payments, not just being a no show in court. $2k is not alot of money. If you have cable TV, you are probably spending $100 per month on it. You shouldnt be sitting around watching TV anyway if you owe someone money. You should spend that time working a part time job to pay what you owe. You spent the money, now work to pay it back.
     
    #12     Jan 2, 2012
  3. Nah, I'm not going to put you on ignore. I'll continue to call out your stupidity when I see fit.
     
    #13     Jan 3, 2012
  4. ABSOFRICKINLUTELY! Pay your debts or go to jail.

    Can't afford food? The just DIE and do society a favor. Being a parasite is an injustice to society.

    Before you lame-ass Socialists rag on my post... I'm a Darwinist.. "survival of the fittest"... provide for yourself or perish. Nobody "deserves" to be a parasite/burden upon others.
     
    #14     Jan 3, 2012
  5. now let's see the judging

    5-3
    5-2
    5-0

    In a unanimous decision this bout goes to denner

    denner, I know you must be excited about your victory, will there be rematch?
     
    #15     Jan 3, 2012
  6. I can't afford to buy food, but I'm very good at stealing it. You got a job that makes you money to buy food? That's cool. My job is to steal it while you're working. Hey man, no right or wrong, no foul, survival of the fittest, and when push comes to shove I'm pretty sure I am more fit than you.
     
    #16     Jan 3, 2012
  7. by the time I'm done chipping away at you, every last penny you make will go to paying your police force and military to protect you from me. And without all your money you won't have much power will you?
     
    #17     Jan 3, 2012
  8. Nobody, not even those born in America, was born with a "silver spoon in their ass"... Provide for yourself or do society a favor and put a bullet through your head. America/The World... does not need nor benefit from your being a parasite on society.
     
    #18     Jan 3, 2012
  9. I'm on board with alot of your slogans, but you seem to get carried away. There is a world of difference between those who suck on the government tit via welfare, food stamps, Section 8 housing, etc, etc...and say the working poor who get shafted by the gigantic "stealth tax" of inflation and other offshoots of this broken economy.

    Think about it for a minute. Those who are likely to get caught up in something like this would not be those who've been wards of the state, they would be people on the downside of the middle/lower classes falling into unmanageable debts. The parasites already have their Medicaid, their welfare, their free food; they aren't the victims/perps in this scenario.
     
    #19     Jan 3, 2012
  10. I'm a Darwinist... couldn't care less about those who "can't or won't". No excuses. "Provide for yourself or perish". NOBODY IS ENTITLED TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT HE PROVIDES FOR HIMSELF. NOBODY IS "ENTITLED" TO BE A BURDEN TO SOCIETY... EVEN IF HE WAS BORN IN AMERICA!

    (And yes, I abide by my own credo... when I run out of money and could become a burden to society, I'll "do the right thing" and off myself.)

    I ain't asking SHIT from nobody... nor do I deserve such. By the same token, I resent being asked/required to pay for/subsidize those who can't/won't.
     
    #20     Jan 3, 2012