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California 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%
by lax4ever 5y ago
California 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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