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[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm expecting Republicans to propose opening debtors prisons where you have to work for free to pay off debts.

[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago

Good thing none of them read history.

[-] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, there's one case of this in the US already - child support. It's the only debt you can be jailed for failing to pay.

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