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No doubt California has many problems but describing these as if they're isolated to California or merely the result of local political actions is disingenuous
by joe_the_user 5y ago
No doubt California has many problems but describing these as if they're isolated to California or merely the result of local political actions is disingenuous (but is what you expect from this right wing site shopping right wing talking points). The US overall has a problem with rising poverty and wages not keeping up with the cost of living.
The US overall has a problem home-as-investment standing in the way of actually providing people housing. These manifest differently in different places. Texas doesn't have California's outrageous housing costs but Texas has people in jail for not being able to pay medical bills when they get sick - both are manifestations of distorted costs of various items (coming ultimately from the Fed inflating the dollar and related factors).
- somethoughts 5y agoI do think its a bit of a popular <insert popular brand name effect>. It gets page views. Kind of like when people complain about Apple/Android. Sure they could improve but they are popular for a reason. Its my belief that any state that gets to this level of population density will have these issues.
- lax4ever 5y agoCalifornia is also a state that will throw you in jail for certain types of debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors%27_prison#Modern_debtors'_prisons_(1970%E2%80%93current) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors%27_prison#Modern_debto...
- FpUser 5y agoI do not understand this fucked up policy at all. If a person has no money let them go free and garnish reasonable part of their wages when they work. Otherwise fuck off please, do not be a Nazi, stop punishing poverty.
- escapedmoose 5y agoThis applies to legal fines. Doesn’t sound like it applies to medical debt: https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-1205.html https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/penal-code/pen-sect-1205.html
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