New Posts For Thread: Debtor's Prisons?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisonsfinance.yahoo.com/news/jailed-for--280--...This is truely frightening in hard economic times like these. As though our prison population is not overcrowded already.There is an old, grim joke which goes like this:What happens when your assets don't coThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519480623#519480623This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.Tue, 08 May 2012 19:56:31 -0500By American law, unions are democratic entities, which is not to say that everything they do is right. The idea of "right to work" is strictly a way to bust unions and really has nothing to do with "freedom" per se. By destroying unions, workers arhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519232115#519232115By American law, unions are democratic entities, which is not to say that everything they do is right. The idea of "right to work" is strictly a way to bust unions and really has nothing to do with "freedom" per se. By destroying unions, workers arTue, 01 May 2012 17:16:21 -0500My chief concern that prompted me to to start this thread was the the what appears to be turning back the clock in terms of the rights of the working poor. My parents and I have worked our whole lives and it seems as though that our rights and that ohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519217909#519217909My chief concern that prompted me to to start this thread was the the what appears to be turning back the clock in terms of the rights of the working poor. My parents and I have worked our whole lives and it seems as though that our rights and that oTue, 01 May 2012 10:20:28 -0500ROTFLMFAO! Where did I use the word "repression"? The problem is that what you said is Regressive propaganda, not the truth.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519189149#519189149ROTFLMFAO! Where did I use the word "repression"? The problem is that what you said is Regressive propaganda, not the truth.Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:33:52 -0500You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?[/quote]Your whole post that I replied to.[/quote]So basically, you're telling me that "saying anythhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519188561#519188561You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?[/quote]Your whole post that I replied to.[/quote]So basically, you're telling me that "saying anythMon, 30 Apr 2012 13:15:57 -0500A couple of points to the OP.There is a difference between being unable to pay a debt and being unwilling to pay a debt.But- even if a person has the money to pay a legitimate debt and refuses to do so- I'm presuming in this case garnishing wages ihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519181727#519181727A couple of points to the OP.There is a difference between being unable to pay a debt and being unwilling to pay a debt.But- even if a person has the money to pay a legitimate debt and refuses to do so- I'm presuming in this case garnishing wages iMon, 30 Apr 2012 10:01:37 -0500You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?[/quote]Your whole post that I replied to.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519181653#519181653You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?[/quote]Your whole post that I replied to.Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:58:54 -0500Not really. Unions are just promoting democracy in the work place and protecting it's members from often unscrupulous employers. It's that democracy part that the Regressives have the most problem with. Workers actually having a say gives them fits ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519181575#519181575Not really. Unions are just promoting democracy in the work place and protecting it's members from often unscrupulous employers. It's that democracy part that the Regressives have the most problem with. Workers actually having a say gives them fits aMon, 30 Apr 2012 09:56:10 -0500You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519181567#519181567You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.[/quote]...except, I bet you can't show me where I've actually said anything of the sort, can you?Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:55:55 -0500You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.That is not the problem. The really is no such thing as "Big Labor." That's just a boogy man made up by Regressives. Greedy corporations want to make giant profits at the expense of the workers. Labhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29089623/Debtors_Prisons?post_id=519181469#519181469You openly mock Progressives. You reap what you sow.That is not the problem. The really is no such thing as "Big Labor." That's just a boogy man made up by Regressives. Greedy corporations want to make giant profits at the expense of the workers. LabMon, 30 Apr 2012 09:52:53 -0500