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mountain grammy

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31. Isn't it though.

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #14)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 07:24 PM

Dec 2016

I feel like that penguin who keeps face planting in the mud.

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Charged a Fee for Getting Arrested, Whether Guilty or Not [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP

K&R for visibility! nt tblue37 Dec 2016 #1

How do you think trump's court will decide this. Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #2

Double the fees? world wide wally Dec 2016 #7

K&R! The fees provide an incentive to arrest people for BS! n/t Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #3

Agreed ... aggiesal Dec 2016 #18

There's various kinds of government set-ups that provide bad incentives. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #20

Read your last paragraph awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #23

I guess so. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #25

It is the only thing that does make sense in this country. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #26

I think many of those worms avoid public scrutiny too. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #29

When this country first allowed corporations to exist, ... aggiesal Dec 2016 #40

Agree. I'm curious about their history in this country. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #42

KICK fleabiscuit Dec 2016 #4

gotta keep the union fully employed and highly paid somehow nt msongs Dec 2016 #5

Another way to keep people away from voting if Ilsa Dec 2016 #6

I had to do a few days once. panader0 Dec 2016 #8

Absolutely outrageous! TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #9

Vulture Justice Growth Engine bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #10

Yup Johnny2X2X Dec 2016 #11

Have helped friends through this bullshit mountain grammy Dec 2016 #12

Cruelty Capitalism. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #14

Isn't it though. mountain grammy Dec 2016 #31

Good metaphor. BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #34

And Ramsey County is St. Paul and environs KamaAina Dec 2016 #13

This is another outside the box way to extract the cost of government from the working class Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #15

Exactly. nt the_sly_pig Dec 2016 #37

Luxury SteelSmasher Dec 2016 #16

If Hillary were President Elect... gulliver Dec 2016 #17

Yes! This occurred in a heavily blue area of a blue hughee99 Dec 2016 #19

There may seem to be some irony in that idea for you. gulliver Dec 2016 #22

I felt Clinton was the right person for the job as well, hughee99 Dec 2016 #30

If they call it a tax then the Supreme Court will say it is OK. AngryAmish Dec 2016 #21

Due Process, motherfuckers. /nt localroger Dec 2016 #24

Therefore in Ramsey County, Minn arresting people can be a ... spin Dec 2016 #27

This will stop when more people sue for false arrest. no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #28

A police department prioritizing generating revenues? How is that not racketeering? tclambert Dec 2016 #32

I don't disagree with the premise of the article... the_sly_pig Dec 2016 #33

I did have to laugh at that line hfojvt Dec 2016 #35

In my state... the_sly_pig Dec 2016 #36

well this was not a parking fine hfojvt Dec 2016 #38

It's all a racket, it's always been a racket MrScorpio Dec 2016 #39

theft by swindle Angry Dragon Dec 2016 #41