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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by znpy on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:26PM (#37471442)
> become 30+ days late on all of their bills since you cannot pay bills from jail

can't americans bind the utilities to their checking account? i (european) can do that. the bills are paid automatically from my balance (the same where i receive my salary). the web portal from my bank can lists all the entities allowed to pay bills from my balance, and i can revoke any of them unilaterally (in that case i'd have to go back to pay the bills one by one, manually).

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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by Blackthorn on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:32PM (#37471533)
They can but that's generally not the problem. You aren't getting paid while you're in jail, so those payments are likely to bounce (Americans often live paycheck to paycheck).
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Re:In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they mig... by SirMaster on Monday September 11, 2023 @02:45PM (#37471784)
Why not bind them to their credit cards then?

All my bills go to credit cards and I even get 2% cash back on them all that way too.

I guess you will run into your credit limit that way eventually too if you are behind on payments for it.

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