Government 'shakes down' citizens for collectors
(NEWSER) - Strongly worded letters and menacing phone calls aren't enough, it seems, to whip America's debtors into shape. Instead, the country's collection industry is turning to civil courts, using taxpayer money and government resources to pursue "low level deadbeats," finds Reason . The process pits debtors against a system that is stacked against them: "In debt collection cases, you’re basically guilty until proven innocent," writes Greg Beato. More»
