Debtors Prisons: Are they coming back to the US?

Think Different · Post by **Think Different** » March 22nd, 2011, 2:10 pm

http://money.msn.com/debt-management/ar ... 3e0da61b6c

odbo · Post by **odbo** » March 22nd, 2011, 6:01 pm

haha, is this the excuse they'll use for fema camps?

adam917 · Post by **adam917** » March 22nd, 2011, 9:25 pm

I think they are already here in the form of not being able to do everything one wishes to do unless they had a good credit score. More and more things require good credit, including getting many jobs (employers often can check people's credit scores nowadays). So I think we already have a modern form of debtors' prison.

DaRick · Post by **DaRick** » March 22nd, 2011, 10:38 pm

I thought that these were unconstitutional?

Then again, the American constitution is generally ignored nowadays.

adam917 · Post by **adam917** » March 23rd, 2011, 12:53 am

DaRick wrote:I thought that these were unconstitutional?

Then again, the American constitution is generally ignored nowadays.

They get around it by saying they're tossing you in prison for not showing up/following the orders, as opposed to simply owing the money.