But why? They are already getting prison sentence for it.
The problem is that all the punishment is actually cost society money and productivity. Like telling people that they can’t get education because of whatever is huge net negative to society.
The problem is that all the punishment is actually cost society money and productivity. Like telling people that they can’t get education because of whatever is huge net negative to society.
Of course most people do end up complying in one way or another (which means that the fine is eventually paid, even if very poor people might need many small installments).
I'm pretty sure that most other countries will also eventually threaten to imprison someone if they make no effort to pay a fine, otherwise many people would simply ignore them and never pay.
[1] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_owig/englisch_ow...
They will seize your assets, garnish your wages, but they won’t send you to jail, how would you even pay then?
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/09/384968360...
That argument doesn't work for banning the children of people with debts though.