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Well okay they are doing some not evil with that.
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Are there any non-profit bail bondsmen? I’m all for transparency and bail reform but not sure this is a business that works at all unless you can stand to make a few bucks.
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Of course, the US and the Philippines are the only countries where this business is legal. Everywhere else, it is illegal to post bail for someone in exchange for money.
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It’s all well and good when giant tech companies do the right thing, but it’s a bit unsettling to realize the make-or-break power* that is granted to un-elected and unaccountable companies. It sort of makes me feel like I’m living under a benevolent dictatorship. I’d rather see the payday loan and bail-bond companies be heavily regulated by a democratically elected government.
*I’m not sure it will break these companies, since I have no idea what proportion of their business is brought in by internet advertisements.
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Non-profit doesn’t mean you can’t make a few bucks. It means after you pay everybody, you can’t make more and enrich the shareholders. The CEO of a large nonprofit can make a startling salary.
But I’ve never heard of a nonprofit bail bondsman. (EDIT: until @AlexG55)
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Still- there was one bail bondsman I liked.
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Excellent. So, following the no ads for sleazy companies thing, I guess the big G will be banning Wells Fargo ads also, right?
Cool. So instead of a guy being trapped in a cycle of debt with the bail bondsman, he’s instead just trapped in jail.
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