Quote:Your missing the point, those fees are a result of not paying the initial fine. Even if there was no private company involved, there would still be additional fines charged for not paying court mandated fees. For example I get a speeding ticket ( I don't pay the ticket or get an extension by the due date) there's more fees including my license being suspended. Then the state is spending money trying to collect the fees I owe them, as time goes on those fees grow, eventually I can be arrested for willfully refusing to pay.

 

In the case of private companies they take over AFTER I have failed to pay my initial fine. At that point the private company is reliving the state of the collection duties, so no I don't have a problem with them making a profit for providing a service.

Yes but it should be handled by the government agency. The fees should be imposed by the agency as ordered by the court. Not arbitrarily decided on and applied by a private for profit firm. They should not have the ability to charge whatever fees they like so as to solely make profit. Instead the additional penalties should go to the agencies and put to use in public programs not line somebody's wallet. 

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