We've said it many times before: debtor's prisons for all Americans, not just for people with child support arrears, are coming soon.
That's because most Americans have generally been so supportive of debtor's prisons when they think they're not going to wind up in them. But now, thanks to the ongoing mortgage crisis, these law-and-order-chesting-thumping Americans may also be getting a trip to the slammer.
A PR campaign seems to be underway to crack down on homeowners who go into strategic defaults when their home values plummet below the amounts of their mortgages. The idea is to promote "responsible behavior" for the good of society, pretty much the same talk we've seen applied to non-custodial parents when they fall behind on child support payments.
Amid all this talk about responsibility, there is no discussion about why strategic defaulters may opt not to continue paying through the nose for their homes, much the same way no politician or journalist ever questions why non-custodial parents fall into arrears. Could it be that some of these troubled homeowners are angry about the banks and Realtors who lured them into their perilous financial situations -- much the same way many non-custodial parents are angry about not being able to see their children?
No, not a valid query say fans of debtor's prisons who support severe punishment for fellow citizens who do not behave in a way that they desire. Consider the video below of elitist David Walker of the Peterson Institute, an influential financial research study group which helps shape America's domestic and international economic policy:
When you hear a Fascist openly spout talk such as this, in a country which was founded in the belief that debtor's prisons are an affront to human and civil rights, it becomes terribly clear: debtor's prisons for all are coming, and Main Street America -- with its blind hatred and prejudice against non-custodial parents -- did it to itself.
Read more at: http://www.infowars.com/pr-push-against-strategic-defaulters-underway-is-there-a-debtors-prison-in-your-future/
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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