Down Sizing & Jail

Now that the majority of Americans realize they just "can't keep up with the Jones'" we are in a financial crisis. (It's called, don't buy what you can't afford in the long term). Anyway, mortgages are sky high, utilities are also expensive, and a lot of people cannot keep up with their homes. For example, while I love "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", the show sometimes gets the people it's trying to help in trouble. A guy in Camden got his house rebuilt and it's gorgeous. But he can't pay for it, so he has to sell and move.

In a bold move to "get out of the rat race", people are downsizing. And when I say downsizing, I mean moving into tiny houses, on average about 100 square feet. The upside: $15 in utilities, $15,000 for the house, and some are movable and will plug into any campground. The downside: tiny, small, minute, almost microscopic. Apparently it's very freeing though.


So if people are downsizing houses, some people are going to live in jail for free. I mean, that HAS to be the reason. I see no other option for someone not to pay a $7.45 at a restuarant. Then when the cops show up and the 66 year old woman is faced with 60 days in jail + $500 fine, to STILL refuse to pay. Maybe her food was cold when it came out?

Then an 89 year old woman keep a boy's football because it kept landing in her yard. Dad called the cops, the cops arrested her. When called for a comment, the biddy was too busy to talk, as all of her friends were calling asking the same questions as the reporters.