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		ceejayoz 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to... Parking fines aren't debts, and thus, legal tender doesn't apply. https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/seventh-circuit/city-sanc... > The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that city-levied fines are not debts under the FDCPA... District courts, for what it's worth, uniformly agree that a fine does not stem from a consensual transaction, and thus is not a debt under the FDCPA.

SJC_Hacker 5 months ago [–]

> a fine does not stem from a consensual transaction, and thus is not a debt under the FDCPA.

Which transactions with the government is "consensual" where it doesn't demand payment up front (like a contractor)?

This goes back to my idea that while legal tender is a nice idea, in practice it means nothing

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