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Re:The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Nei... by Asbostos on Sunday November 29, 2015 @02:07AM (#10644032)
Yes. If you're living hand-to-mouth, then you're already having a problem. Things have already gone wrong. It's too late to put the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff and only worry about people when they fall off - which everybody in that situation is bound to do given enough time.
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Re:The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Nei... by mikeash on Sunday November 29, 2015 @11:34AM (#10645027)
There is no guarantee people in this situation must fail. They might get a raise, or a promotion, or a surprise inheritance, or win the lottery, or who knows.

Now, obviously you don't want to get into this situation in the first place, if you can help it. But if a person is, then they are not simply doomed as you're saying.

We should not excuse exploitation of people living paycheck-to-paycheck simply on the basis that they're bound to get fucked over eventually so it doesn't matter when or how it happens.

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