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psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

They send the infant to debtors prison to begin working off the $70,000 hospital bill. They don’t have to pay the infant minimum wage though, and they charge them for room and board and meals, so by the time they’re 18 they are actually indebted to the hospital an average of 1.4 million dollars, which they will then begin working off as adults earning minimum wage.

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moistclump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I man you joke, but don’t give them any ideas.

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Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I know you’re joking, but Im pretty sure that there was a supreme court case that made debtors prison a thing of the past.

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- ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Might want to take a look at this then.
  
  And this.
  
  And this too.
  
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  - Blamemeta@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Found it, it was 1983, much more recent than I remembered. www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/page/file/…/download
    
    The feds themselves call it a civil rights violation, they have a good chance at a lawsuit. IMO, the judges who sign the arrest warrants need to be debarred or taken out of office or whatever happens to judges.
    
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