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Volaris

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2. I agree with you that it isn't the traditional definition of debtors prison...

Reply to Igel (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 01:16 AM

Jun 2016

But if the Court is offering time served in lieu of fines paid, then that time should be worth at least the hourly minimum wage that I would get if I decided to go work instead.

Using the Judiciary as a mechanism for community revenue extraction because the Legislature is too politically chicken-shit to raise taxes to buy the stop lights they need, is however, complete bullshit and should be unacceptable to any thinking rational person in a democracy anywhere.

Sadly, that's not most of America.

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Not the usual meaning of "debtors prison." Igel Jun 2016 #1

I agree with you that it isn't the traditional definition of debtors prison... Volaris Jun 2016 #2

There is a difference between "debts" and "fines." JayhawkSD Jun 2016 #3