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Civil Liberties

PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. It is such a good idea

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 02:29 PM

Dec 2017

to jail people who can't pay fines and fees. I mean, they can work for 25cents an hour, or what ever outrageously large wage is paid to inmates to do work of some kind. Stay in prison long enough, all of the wages to go pay off the fines and fees and Voila! Debt paid, problem solved! Plus, of course, there's no need for a pesky drivers license if you don't have to drive to work. Win win, right?

Okay, everyone knows I'm being sarcastic, right?

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