tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post6894406121062300645..comments2008-03-01T13:19:24.717-05:00PCMnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-63802651095070771772008-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:002008-03-01T13:19:00.000-05:00I'm not saying the government should simply pay the bill for everybody who writes bad checks. I'm smart enough (barely) to see the obvious problem with that. <BR/><BR/>I’m saying there is something absurd a system where we tax payers have to pay $24,000 a year because somebody else can't pay their debts. A better solution? Make her work. Sell her assets. Turn the debt over to a credit card company. Release her on the own recognizance before trial rather than pay to keep her in jail (I mean, we know she’s got no money to post bail and she owns a home).<BR/><BR/>Prison is not the answer and I don't want to pay for it.<BR/><BR/>Most people don’t see that there’s anything wrong with the status quo. They either don’t know or don’t care. Before meaningful solutions can be found, we first need to see we have a problem. A rising incarceration rate has put us in a big hole and first we need to stop digging. Maybe once the prison rate stops going up, we can figure out a way to return it to levels more in synch with the so-called civilized world.PCMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597569938038396009.post-72739185569659521432008-03-01T11:59:00.000-05:002008-03-01T11:59:00.000-05:00PCM posts numerous comments that he can not have thought through. Who would pay off the debts for the bad checks he refers to, the taxpayers? What would this lead to? More fraud? It is easy to sit back and say that things are wrong and not offer any realistic solutions. <BR/> ThinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com