and it s the 50th anniversary of his movie, easy rider, this summer. and, you know, the baby boom generation, the 60s generation, 60s and 70s generation, our promise to the next generation was we re going to leave you a better world than the one we inherited, not one that s polluted, not one where there s all this violence, not one with war. and in thinking about it and actually, i was talking to peter fonda just a couple months ago. he was going to come to my film festival that i have in the summer in michigan, and they couldn t make it because he was not well. and it s that sense of now as we get older, how do we feel that this is the world we ve left behind? you can hear that baton being passed. well, we have ruined it for these kids. we have choked the planet to death. we send them into debtor s prison when they graduate from
after years of cashing dwindling checks, carlo s ex-wife took action. my ex brought up a motion for contempt to failure to pay child support. i was unable to provide as much as i was required to so i was sentenced to incarceration. carlos came to my home when my son ran a 103.5 fever. in 2013 carlos got locked up. his patients rallied to his defense. that s the kind of person that should be in jail? that s the kind of person that you want the world to be deprived of? he s not a dead beat. he s an amazing father and an amazing person and an amazing doctor. in family court, jail time is considered a tool to make unwilling parents pay what they owe. but critics call it a debtor s prison. i don t understand incarcerating someone that isn t a criminal. we support d r. rivera.
checks, carlos s ex-wife took action. my ex-brought up a motion for contempt for failure to pay child support. i was unable to provide as much as i was required to, so i was sentenced to incarceration. carlos vera came to our home when my son won a 103.5 fever. in 2013 carlos got locked up. his patients rallied to his defense. that s the kind of person that should be in jail? that s the kind of person that you want the world to be deprived of? he s not a dead beat. he s an amazing father, an amazing person, an amazing doctor. in family court, jail time is considered a tool to make unwilling parents pay what they owe. but critics call it a debtor s prison. i don t understand incarcerating someone who is obviously not a criminal. we support dr. rivera.
scenarios. what is the deal? they are being unfair to poor people, and put someone in court, your finest $400, who can come up with $400 within a month to pay the fines, and if you don t pay the fine, not only do you lose your license you get additional fines. than the person can t go to work to get the money to pay the fines. and the debtors prison is unconstitutional, so many people cannot afford these tickets. many of these don t offer community service for these people which would be a fair option. shannon: the aclu said the revocations team punishes impoverished residents in violation of federal are taking away crucial means of
eric, what s the deal? they re being very unfair to poor people, and people who don t have a lot of money. because what they do is they ll put someone in court, say you re fined $400, you have 40 days to pay it. who can come up with $400 within a month to pay those fines. what they tell people, if you don t pay the fine, then not only do you lose your license, but then you get additional fines. so then that person can t go to work to get the money to pay the fines. it s a revolving door, almost like a debtor s prison which is unconstitutional. just like a debtor s prison to so many people who cannot afford these tickets. many of these courts, shannon, they don t even offer community service for these people, which would be a very fair option if it was offered. shannon: so this is part of what the aclu said in its court filing. the revocation scheme is in violation of federal law, taking away crucial means of self-sufficiency and further