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Old 07-23-2010, 07:13 PM
SWTXBelle SWTXBelle is offline
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The debtors prison model has been tried.
It wasn't very successful - (see Dickens).
The punishment for those who don't pay their bills is they tank their credit.
Imprisoning them doesn't serve anyone's interests - it costs the taxpayers, and the creditors don't get their money.
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