I've lived in Mtn Home since 1989, so that's...hold on...I'm thinking...WOW! Exactly 25 years! Boy, I think I can almost declare myself an Idahoan. But my family is British and I grew up in Louisiana around lots of other Brits so I still think I'm a little bit of a mutt. Those of you who have been around awhile may remember when I used to blog all the time. My opinions weren't very accepted and there was always an issue because I work for the county. That really wasn't fair because I NEVER blog at work! And I am still entitled to my opinions and thoughts about city and county issues, right? However, it stirred a lot of pots and those pots certainly can make a lot of noise! Since I'm a writer, I took what I wrote in my blog seriously so I spent a lot of time researching things which got exhausting to do when you're not even get a paycheck for it. So I stopped. That was a blessing to many! However, to this day, I still have people stop me and ask me why I wasn't blogging and t! hey missed it. I've missed it. Mainly because there are so many issues that come up and I have no voice except around my friends and I'm sure they are tired of it.

A new reality show

Posted Saturday, October 10, 2009, at 10:32 AM

After reading that article about the American Police Force losing the contract for that empty jail because the people in Montana looked deeper and got out while the getting was good. Now they still have an empty jail just waiting for something to happen. What to do? It got me to thinking.

They may need to make some changes and consider making it something else. Hey, I've got it! It could be a debtor's prison. Yes, instead of declaring bankruptcy, the gov't could put them in jail. Then they can have all kinds of finance programs to rehabilitate them into the debt-free financially responsible citizens they should be. Wow, what an idea for a reality show, huh? Instead of contestants being left on a desert island or made to lose weight, we could have a group go through debt training and nobody leaves jail until they have paid off their debt. In order to pay off your debt, in prison, they must graduate from finance class, develop a business that can be done while locked up, perhaps forming little companies together that compete. They would have to make these companies profitable and be able to make the money needed to pay off their debt. While doing that, there could be contests, like the Apprentice, so that the company that makes the most profit that week, get's privileges like an extra helping of gruel, dessert and a movie, a visit from family, a weekend pass etc... The worst group don't get elimination but instead have to go to the losers cell block where all you get to eat is bread and water and you are forced to do all the manual labor for the other groups. What an idea! As a debt-criminal, you could be forced to become debt-free or rot in jail with no dessert, forced to be servants to others. Now there's a motivator! It has so much potential for drama and comedy. I'm starting to like this idea so much that I'm thinking that I want to be sent there. I could handle that! I could walk out of prison debt-free and ready to take on anything. I think I will pitch this idea. What do you think?

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It's a know fact that Most people file for bankruptcy because of Medical Debt.........

-- Posted by MsMarylin on Sat, Oct 10, 2009, at 10:50 AM
this writer has way to much time on her hands

-- Posted by tolkien on Sat, Oct 10, 2009, at 8:14 PM
Nah, Tolkien. I don't have enough time. Most of the time I have to write these blogs in the early hours about 5:30am or late at night. I usually have to do alot of reading before I can write anything that is serious. So I read and then write it in Word and save it. I may not have time to post it until the next morning or even a few days later. When I do finally get it copied on here, I usually take the time to read it which also means I may have to correct some minor grammar or I add more. My days from 7:30am until late in the evening are too busy to allow any writing. Hence the reason I don't think I will ever get the "Great American" novel completed before I am cynile or lost in old-timers lah-lah land. Sad but true. However, after I am mentally gone, maybe someone will find it and get it published for me.

-- Posted by kimkovac on Sun, Oct 11, 2009, at 12:54 AM
Wow, thanks, Bazookaman.

-- Posted by kimkovac on Sun, Oct 11, 2009, at 11:33 PM
Medical bills, barring new health care regulations, can drown someone. My credit was shot at age 18 because I had a ruptured appendix and was minutes from dying. $15000 later, my credit history went down the toilet. It was not ignorance on my part. There was no predicting nor preventing it. That matter aside, I would find that reality show rather amusing.

-- Posted by twilcox1978 on Mon, Oct 12, 2009, at 2:54 PM
this is not to rationalize their ignorant ways but Govt. at all levels does not have the incentives that everyone else has. In personal life and in business, we are motivated by prices. Lower being better. Price could be money, time, stress, resources, personal connections. Anything that you have to expend to get the job done. Govt. on the other hand does not care if things are cheaper or more efficient in most cases. I could go on for hours about this but this is where the supposed transparency of govt. gets called onto the carpet (or however you phrase that term). If govt. was truly transparent, they would be accountable for wasteful or inefficient expenditures and so the incentives would change.

-- Posted by twilcox1978 on Mon, Oct 12, 2009, at 7:39 PM

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