Many years ago, people who owed debts but could not pay them were hauled off to “debtors prison” and kept there until they found a way to pay off their debt. This system of debt collection was recognized as inefficient and cruel, and in 1833 a U.S. federal law was passed banning debtor prisons. Several states followed suit over the years, until it seemed that such a barbaric debt collection system was a footnote in history. Then, with the rise of bankruptcy laws, there was a clear understanding that financial setbacks and problems should be forgiven under the proper set of circumstances.
However, while the government is willing to step in and free a borrower from the obligation of paying back creditors for goods or services they have received, they are not quite as generous about forgiving debts such as owed taxes and government backed student loans. And in the 1980’s and 1990’s, many jurisdictions started going after individuals who still had pending tax bills or student loans due, and many of those who were apprehended were surprised to find themselves thrown in jail for failing to pay their bill. In many cases, the charge was “contempt” or some other ruse to avoid saying that they were in prison for non-payment of a debt, but that is exactly what it was.
Man jailed for non-payment of student loan, page 2:
AL Sharpton should be terrified. He owes millions.
http://news.yahoo.com/paul-aker-us-marshal-student-loan-debt-arrest-212047386.html;_ylt=AwrXnCXiNMZWL2QAmpnQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByb2lvbXVuBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–
Just practicing Marshall law.
So when they gonna start doing that for car loans, house loans and business loans? This could be how it all starts. The banks will use the government to collect their money just like the freaking mafia uses their muscle to collect…
They had been trying for years and he ignored them, so when the deputies were sent, he said he had guns, that is what got him arrested
Pay your bills and show up to court. Deadbeat.
Yet Sharpton goes free
It was court dates that got his$#%&!@*in trouble come on people. So up no problem could have been worked out. I bet he also sent threatening information back to the ones that sent him the notices. The US Marshalls are not normally going to waste resources unless there as been some form of threat. I asked a friend that works as a Marshall and said this idiot must have done something to warrant them going out there besides not paying his student loan. But hey i guess it could be different in other parts of the country. Just seems there is a whole bunch missing from his story.
So if unelected bureaucrat “lawmakers” passed a law that said that its against the law to eat a turkey sandwich on Wednesdays, you’d be ok with those who break that “law” to be heavily fined and thrown in a cage? Statist much?
No but if you “borrow” money, it’s expected to be paid back. Doesn’t take a lot of brains to understand that. Obviously you’re lacking.