🚨 BREAKING: MUELLER NEWS 🚨
Only joking, but for real, the Florida Legislature is trying to disenfranchise voters with some bullshit shenanigans. Sign this petition to prove you’re cool and I’ll follow you out of solidarity. https://t.co/zrCDCpCO8n
I’ve seen some truly insane things come out of Florida over the last few years, but I don’t think anything has shocked me more than what the state legislature is currently trying to do to the voting rights of ex-felons. https://t.co/ylyHmvMo6c
I’ve seen some truly insane things come out of Florida over the last few years, but I don’t think anything has shocked me more than what the state legislature is currently trying to do to the voting rights of ex-felons. https://t.co/ylyHmvMo6c
@PaulGonzalez10 Whether it’s true for a small number of cases or not, it creates a system where private companies decide whether people are allowed to vote or not. That’s not democracy.
@Lala11105 I don’t like the idea of for-profit companies deciding the severity of someone’s punishment, and if you care about democracy, you shouldn’t either.
@PaulGonzalez10 Often the money they owe isn’t part of their sentence, but fees added by private collection agencies. Sometimes as much as 40% of the original fine.
@nanner625 In Florida, courts often outsource collection to private companies, and they can tack on up to 40% in fees and surcharges, which people then get stuck paying long after their original fine is settled. Not sure what that’s got to do with paying your debt to society.
@6jtd6 It creates a system where if you have money to pay the fees (which, I should say, are often surcharges levied by private collection agencies) you can participate in democracy. But if you’re poor, you can’t. It kind of undermines the whole “all men are created equal” thing.
@putnamnation Actually, in many cases, the money people owe isn’t going back to “society", but private collection companies that can add up to 40% in surcharges for no reason other than it makes them richer. https://t.co/UAOncI3ZP4
For real, I currently only follow Jimmy Buffett, but I'm willing to let that insanely funny bit die for this cause, because it clearly deserves more attention.