Quote:You keep ignoring the point because you have to defend your illogical stance.

 

I will try one more time Eric but your usual ability to converse is failing miserably here. I think I know why. They are criminals so screw them as much as possible even above and beyond what the law says the penalty should. At least that's how it seems here. Profits on the back of that? HECKS YEAH!!!!!!

 

The private entities are artificially increasing the penalty imposed by the law for the sole purpose of maximizing their profits. The penalty imposed by the law. The law of land. Put into place by representatives of the people. People like you. 

 

I'm not going to pretend I know how they are or are not generating the fee's that's not the issue. You guys have said repeatedly you have a problem with the private company managing the delinquent non-payments for profit, I maintained why not? Any bill, any fee, any citation, has a due date, when you go past that due date there are penalties and fee's, I'm failing to see the problem.

 

Now TED made the point he believes it's unconstitutional to have courts put people in jail for not paying these fee's, which is another discussion we've been having. But the existence of the fee's isn't abnormal, nor the fee's being for profit, everything is for profit.

 

You claim the cost is being artificially inflated, I don't know that, I'm just saying the use of third parties itself isn't a problem. Now if there's corruption involved then the parties guilty should be punished.

 

Quote:And if you don't have a job because you are minor in school and can't afford the fines than a private firm will rack up even more penalties to the tune of 5 times the original penalty that you will then have to pay to a for profit entity. 

 

The circumstances of the party should play no role in the punishment dictated by the courts. I disagree 100% with TED that we should have anything even remotely close to a graduated penalty system.

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