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In New Zealand the Government has started to arrest defaulters at the border[1]. This may not work as well for US as I am not sure of the percentage who travel outside the country versus NZ.

[1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objecti...



Wow, modern-day debtor's prisons making a comeback. Welcome to the Middle Ages.


Alex Tabbarok wrote what I consider an extremely good piece about the relationship of this with the trouble in Ferguson, Mo over the last few years: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2014/08/fer...


Most our tax dollars go to pay down the interest on our countries debt and you go to prison if you don't pay your taxes. Crazy Days


Absolutely false, interest payments make up only 6% of Federal spending.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...



There's a different between taking your assets and sending you to jail.




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