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We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signin

by pierat 2y ago

We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signing off.

falcolas 2y ago
> We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. Yup. I'm always reminded of the gentleman (Joseph Prudente of Florida) who was put in jail without bail for failing to upkeep their lawn to their HOA's standards. The legal reason was contempt of court for not following the judge's order to upkeep their lawn. As an aside, contempt of court doesn't have a sentence length, nor does it require you to be found guilty of any crime.
- FireBeyond 2y ago
  Not really the same thing, but I'm reminded too of the HOA in Texas that foreclosed on a woman in her late 80s from her home for $180 in unpaid HOA dues (apparently her husband had managed finances and died recently). Egregious enough. Then the real details hit, and made a bad thing worse: - A member of the HOA Board had moved to foreclose on this home despite the small arrears (even relative to other members of the community) - Someone made a very short offer on the house (IIRC, in the order of $125K for a $4-500K home) - HOA Board voted to accept the short sale offer (You might have seen this coming) Spoiler alert: The HOA board member who lead the vote to foreclose, the person who made the short offer, and the board member who voted to accept that offer? All the same person, who had a healthy little business as a landlord.
- nijave 2y ago
  How does this guy ever get out? Hire someone else to mow his lawn from prison?
  - falcolas 2y ago
    In this specific case, some good Samaritans came around and fixed the lawn for him while he was imprisoned. Had they not... I don't know how it would have been possible.

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We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signin

by pierat 2y ago

We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signing off.

falcolas 2y ago
> We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off. Yup. I'm always reminded of the gentleman (Joseph Prudente of Florida) who was put in jail without bail for failing to upkeep their lawn to their HOA's standards. The legal reason was contempt of court for not following the judge's order to upkeep their lawn. As an aside, contempt of court doesn't have a sentence length, nor does it require you to be found guilty of any crime.
- FireBeyond 2y ago
  Not really the same thing, but I'm reminded too of the HOA in Texas that foreclosed on a woman in her late 80s from her home for $180 in unpaid HOA dues (apparently her husband had managed finances and died recently). Egregious enough. Then the real details hit, and made a bad thing worse: - A member of the HOA Board had moved to foreclose on this home despite the small arrears (even relative to other members of the community) - Someone made a very short offer on the house (IIRC, in the order of $125K for a $4-500K home) - HOA Board voted to accept the short sale offer (You might have seen this coming) Spoiler alert: The HOA board member who lead the vote to foreclose, the person who made the short offer, and the board member who voted to accept that offer? All the same person, who had a healthy little business as a landlord.
- nijave 2y ago
  How does this guy ever get out? Hire someone else to mow his lawn from prison?
  - falcolas 2y ago
    In this specific case, some good Samaritans came around and fixed the lawn for him while he was imprisoned. Had they not... I don't know how it would have been possible.