Debtor Prisons are Making a Comeback

[Frodo]

Of course it begins in Kansas:

County in Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt

[dead0man]

That's bad, the courts should not be having "debt courts" every three months.  Why don't these people declare bankruptcy?

[Koharu]

Declaring bankruptcy is no small thing. Losing necessary vehicles is a particular concern in rural areas

Anyway, this is disgusting. Our country should be better than this.

[Santander]

Trump is the first person who should be in prison, then.

[GP270watch]

 This is totally disgraceful.

[dead0man]

Declaring bankruptcy is no small thing.

meh, it was certainly easier than say, a semester of Trig in high school or minor surgery.  Harder than going to the dentist, sure, but it's not that big of a deal.

Losing necessary vehicles is a particular concern in rural areas

bankruptcy courts don't take necessary vehicles

[pbrower2a]

Evidence that government responsive solely to economic elites is a nightmare for everyone else. Such is the ideal of some Americans -- that no human suffering is excessive so long as it serves the economic elites.

People who cheat creditors should be prosecuted and sued. Inability to pay is not cheating.