Kiln The law is clear. The United States Supreme Court held in Bearden v. Georgia thirty years ago in 1983 that probation cannot be canceled nor can jail time be given, because a defendant is too poor to pay a fine. Yet, increasingly in these times when the shrinking of the state greets us coldly …
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Raising Retirement Age is the Poor Subsidizing the Rich!
New Orleans Before complacency sets in and you pinch yourself and say, “Hey, I’m feeling ok, I can make it some more years, so if they cave in and let the Republicans raise the retirement age, maybe it’s no big deal,” you need to pinch yourself harder where you keep your wallet or pocketbook and …