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RE: App That Crowdsources Bail Lets Anyone Help Disrupt America’s Mass Incarceration

in #news7 years ago

Do you think that it might just feed into a higher price for bail?
I read an article once that showed bail prices climbing because of a thriving bail bond industry(and that bail is merely another form of government extortion)
So wouldn't the "market" reaction to incoming dollars from this app be to increase bail?
It happened with college tuition. Free money poured in and prices went up.
I think having to post bail is a really crummy spot to be in, and I think most people in that spot are in need of help(because they don't deserve the extortion). I just worry about the fact that the money goes straight to government.
I don't have an "answer" for the problem of bail. I just see natural patterns well(Since, I don't believe in statism).
Maybe there could be an app that gives money to the individuals who choose not to post bail? Or one that connects non-violent victims of government with community support for jobs and getting back on their feet?

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I was just thinking that.
Readily providing bail just makes the courts want to charge more for bail.

Fighting against an unjust court system, and bloated government, is the real solution.