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Could be a great idea for some.
Creates incentive to pay the bill.
This incentive, while invassive, also creates a more stable market in terms of credit.
But, there are those that won't be able to keep up with their payments if they can't friggin' drive to work.
So as SC posted:
On another note, they wil at least always have a "place" to live...and it's a mobile home....IF they assume that car payment is #1 priority.
On another note, still, did you guys know that at some MCDonalds restaurants, it is harder to get hired there then at many places? The really busy ones need really fast and efficient employees...sometimes experience. People joke about getting employed at McDondalds as a last choice...but a lot of store managers wouldn't even hire your...even with a Ph.D.
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I wouldn't be surprised if that's always been true. A PhD doesn't really give you the skills to work in a restaurant like MacDonalds. If you happen to have gone through West Point, on the other hand I'm sure they'd love to have you.
The requirement isn't for people who can think (which is what you theoretically learn to do while getting a PhD) but for people who can react with precision.
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Well, soon there will be "speeding monitors" installed in all vehicles that will automatically give you a ticket when you speed (gps systems make computers knowing the speed limit easy)
Cable and satellite companies can already lock your signal if you don't pay your bill.
Soon health insurance companies will know whether you smoke, drink, overeat, use drugs, etc, and will deny you coverage based on that despite the fact you've paid your premiums.
While people should pay for it when they buy something it seems this is a little over the top.
Say someone doesn't pay their car payment and they are in the middle of nowhere and the temp is 118 farenheit and the device disables their engine. They could be in danger of dying from exposure.
Where I live in Las Vegas it is illegal for the electric company to shut someones power off during the summer months even if they don't pay but as soon as the summer heat is over with then the power can be shut off.
All things considered I'd say these devices are a bad idea and should be banned...stick with the repo system.
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No, stopping the repo man makes you a thief. Until the payment plan is completed you don't own the stuff the bank does. By any particularly sensible system of laws and morals they are within their rights to take back things that they still own.
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Repo men are very rarely the first thing that the legal owner will use in order to get payment. They're a last resort in order to prevent THE LEGAL OWNER from being defrauded.
He's hired by the person that owns the stuff in the first place. That's not theft by any stretch.
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Good point.
Guess they should have paid the bill, then, right?
Also, I bet there's some kind of warning system in the car, automated phone calls, etc.
They would, essentially, kill themselves.
If you and I are having this conversation right now and we are very ignorant concerning this "technology", then it can be assumed that many more details were discussed and resolved before hitting the market.
imagine if this concept was extended to prosthetics and implants, like pacemakers.
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Why? If you are making payments on a vehicle, you are paying for a service. If you cease payments on said service, you should no longer get the service.
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