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Old 05-03-2013, 12:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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seem to be making a comeback in the us of a. As having accumulated a certain amount of debt this makes me nervous

from npr/cbs and thinkprogress.org
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More than a third of all states now allow borrowers who don’t pay their bills to be jailed, even when debtor’s prisons have been explicitly banned by state constitutions. A report by the American Civil Liberties Union found that people were imprisoned even when the cost of doing so exceeded the amount of debt they owed.
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Debt collection is a lucrative business — the industry is set to grow 26 percent in the next three years.
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The Federal Trade Commission received more than 140,000 complaints related to debt collection in 2010. That's nearly 25,000 more than the previous year.

anybody remember that "kidsforcash" stuff? Prison industrial complex is coming for ya **** i wish i was born upper class.
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