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jtuck004

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14. "who inserted the sentence" - Not a sentence, a philosophy. Popular with one side of the aisle

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 01:44 AM

Apr 2014

because they are myopic and bad at business and popular with the other because they can profit from the blood of others while pretending to be pragmatic.

From slightly before the rules were changed for welfare-to-work to this most recent tactic to collect debt from working people while letting banks and other thieves who contribute to your party off without consequence, it's a spreading, inequality-fostering movement that is dismembering and moving back from the New Deal.

This is what the wealthy want, because it is one of the ways their wealth is propped up. So it is what their paid-for politicians deliver.

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The Government Will Take Your Money For Your Dead Parent's Debts [View all] TransitJohn Apr 2014 OP

This country is just humming along like a well-oiled machine. Brigid Apr 2014 #1

I knew they can collect from an estate.... Historic NY Apr 2014 #2

Nice. progressoid Apr 2014 #3

, blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #4

it's perfectly fine as long as the richest among us are never inconvenienced nt pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #5

I can't believe this since a child would not be able to defend against a charge like that. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #6

The repayment was not for "dead parents' debt." JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #7

Awww... fleabiscuit Apr 2014 #8

Even if that's true, Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #9

I agree. JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #16

thank you passiveporcupine Apr 2014 #10

That's not what it was. JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #17

You are correct passiveporcupine Apr 2014 #21

Except that the article inaccurately references "parents' old debts." JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #22

No, the article states the money was taken because of an overpayment to "someone" 7962 Apr 2014 #11

The article did not equivocate. JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #18

While you're correct, a child should not be held responsible. joshcryer Apr 2014 #12

Still a child cannot enter a contract. gvstn Apr 2014 #13

"who inserted the sentence" - Not a sentence, a philosophy. Popular with one side of the aisle jtuck004 Apr 2014 #14

It's not a contract... JayhawkSD Apr 2014 #19

well, they can't tax the rich, so they had to find a way to screw 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #15

thats a gawker link pitohui Apr 2014 #20