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12. How very Kafkaesque

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Sat Dec 3, 2022, 01:04 PM

Dec 2022

When did not paying a bill become a criminal offense?

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Police arrest elderly Alabama woman over unpaid $77 trash bill [View all] Eugene Dec 2022 OP

82-year-old black woman dalton99a Dec 2022 #1

Ahhhh. Of course. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #4

Knew it before you said it. Alabama. What else to say? BWdem4life Dec 2022 #32

Go fund me for this poor lady !!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #44

ah uponit7771 Dec 2022 #48

I feel so much safer! PuraVidaDreamin Dec 2022 #2

because.....America. JuJuChen Dec 2022 #3

$77 for three months. $25.6 per month. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #5

It should be in the property taxes. That's how ours does and every state I've jimfields33 Dec 2022 #6

In my city it's included in the water bill along with recycling fees. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #13

Yeah, that's a bunch of BS. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #20

Here, they'll eventually cut off your water and stop picking up your trash, Ocelot II Dec 2022 #31

She didn't show up for the court hearing MichMan Dec 2022 #45

Same here in STLMO...and to be honest, I'm not sure what happens if someone is unable to pay SWBTATTReg Dec 2022 #38

You still have to pay it either way MichMan Dec 2022 #41

Good point PatSeg Dec 2022 #7

Did the SWAT Team surround her house at 4 AM? lpbk2713 Dec 2022 #8

Since when have police officers become bill collectors? msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #9

Real brave for them purr-rat beauty Dec 2022 #10

Equality under the law for all adults. If she's mentally competent, Hortensis Dec 2022 #11

What do you think of Affirmative Action Policies ? delisen Dec 2022 #27

:) Big leap here? No conflict, though. I'm for in principle, and Hortensis Dec 2022 #30

Sorry. Not much of a leap kcr Dec 2022 #33

That is the answer to a DIFFERENT question from the Hortensis Dec 2022 #37

I agree that aged should not presume object of pity. NT delisen Dec 2022 #40

:) So wonderfully succinctly stated. Hortensis Dec 2022 #43

How very Kafkaesque Picaro Dec 2022 #12

Trump has many DOCUMENTED UNPAID BILLS, for MUCH HIGHER SUMS. raging moderate Dec 2022 #14

He must pay the garbage bill. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #21

Because he is white and "rich" NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2022 #24

Because TFG does not own any property individually - they are all corporate owned csziggy Dec 2022 #39

Only Timewas Dec 2022 #23

Alabama has renewed its reputation as one of the..."Worst Places To Live In the U.S.A". Stuart G Dec 2022 #15

Could have anything to do with the woman Javaman Dec 2022 #16

How is this a criminal matter? NowISeetheLight Dec 2022 #17

Don't give the state of Alabama ideas now ck4829 Dec 2022 #19

She failed to appear for a court hearing MichMan Dec 2022 #26

Not a guy with an AR15 running into a school? They get to play big men! ck4829 Dec 2022 #18

Whoever gave the ARREST order should bluestarone Dec 2022 #22

The first word that came to mind was "unbelievable". chriscan64 Dec 2022 #25

So when did we start the "Debtor's Prison" system back up. mackdaddy Dec 2022 #28

Look, pigs; if there's no crime going on, don't invent crimes so you can throw Aristus Dec 2022 #29

Unreformable. Abolish it all. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2022 #34

haven't read the article but onethatcares Dec 2022 #35

Greatest country in the world!!!! Mysterian Dec 2022 #36

she should have skipped paying a 77 million dollar bill instead Takket Dec 2022 #42

Seriously?? INSANE, what the hell is wrong with them. 🤬 a kennedy Dec 2022 #46

Debtors Prisons - Not far off. n/t Liberal In Texas Dec 2022 #47