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View Poll Results: Bring back debtors prisons? Include forced hard labor? For who?
Yes, and include mandatory hard labor. This should apply to anyone who owes, even if they don't have the $ to pay back the debt. 3 8.57%
Yes, and include mandatory hard labor. This should apply only for those who actually have the $ to pay back the debt. 0 0%
Yes, but without mandatory hard labor. This should apply to anyone who owes, even if they don't have the $ to pay back the debt. 0 0%
Yes, but without mandatory hard labor. This should apply only for those who actually have the $ to pay back the debt. 0 0%
No, debtors prisons should not be brought back at all. 32 91.43%
Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-26-2017, 01:36 PM
 
Location: London
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Would you be in favor of imprisoning those who don't pay their debt (for all official loans/credit, not just IRS debt), or sentencing them to hard labor until they earn back that money?
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:36 PM
 
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No.

That's what civil courts are for.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:37 PM
 
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The entire Congress in prison? Now that is something to contemplate.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Self explanatory
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No.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:41 PM
 
Location: USA
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My goodness. The far-right craziness on this forum just reached a whole new level of crazy.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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No, absolutely not...but wait... if we are locking up dead beats who won't pay their bills, their Lawyers, their Contractors, etc. and cheats everyone...Trump would be locked up
and never let out!
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:49 PM
 
Location: OH->FL->NJ
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I hear some heavy breathing coming from the most conservative members of this forum.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:51 PM
 
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Nope.
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:53 PM
 
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No. You'd have to amend the Constitution too. Of course OP hates the Constitution so I'm not surprised
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Old 06-26-2017, 01:55 PM
 
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I hear some heavy breathing coming from the most conservative members of this forum.
What does that mean?

Sorry, but it would most likely be liberals who would lean towards giving government that type of power.
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