Addition to the Bill of Rights, Article VI (#2)

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Addition to the Bill of Rights, Article VI

17.  No individual shall ever be imprisoned for debt, taxes, alimony, or "child support," "child support" being defined commonly as the giving of money to one's ex-mate.
Sponsor: Sen. Sam Spade

Note: The numbering of this clause (17) is tentative; it may change depending on the passage of the other proposed amendment to the Bill of Rights.

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I would have to oppose this proposal. Why (for example) should tax evasion not be punishable by imprisonment?

(Just to note, this is Bono's proposal, not one written directly by Sam, as far as I'm aware.)

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Bumping for Bono.

Sorry, I was sleeping.

Imprisonment for tax evasion is really silly. You punish people who don't pay taxes by having them live of taxpayers?
It is much more effective to sieze their assets, and punishment enough, especially given that our jails are allready filled with victimless criminals.

Come to think of it, that's actually a pretty good point.

No, I wouldn't agree. Deprivation of liberty does more to punish individuals than mere seizure of assets--the latter is not as effective a deterrent. Lest we forget, Al Capone was imprisoned only for tax evasion. 

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The question is on final passage of the Amendment. All those in favor, say Aye; those opposed, say No.

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The amendment has enough votes to fail. Senators have twenty-four hours to change their votes.

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Next time I'll weight more the vice presidential candidate, since apparently they will just rush to vote things they don't like.

Rush to vote? I brought it to a vote at the time required by the rules, no sooner. Your accusations are baseless.

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There have voted:
Aye: 0
No: 5

Therefore, the Amendment fails.