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DHS Program Analyzes Americans' Finances to Flag Drivers for Traffic Stops: Report
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Do the feds lock people up for non payment like that states do?
If so, do you know the ratio they use for days in jail for dollars owed?
In my state, a couple of decades back I think it was a day for every ten dollars owed. But they are always increasing punitive fines. Like if you get a ticket and can't pay in 10 days, less time than a paycheck takes to be paid, often 14 days, then the fine doubles.
If a period of time passes and that isn't paid, they revoke your license, (150 reinstatement fee, they will revoke a license multiple times after it's already suspended, I know someone that had to pay 3 of them to get his license back.)
Then after a period if you can't pay, with a doubled fee and revoked license, they send you to jail a day for every 10 owed. Then send a civil bill for the cost of jailing you that gets sent to collections if you don't pay it.
Do you know how the feds do it?