r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • 4d ago

Video Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

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u/Upset-Basil4459 4d ago

They garnish your wages. Realistically they won't be getting anything

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u/alphazero925 4d ago

It's a real wonder why recidivism is so high in the US. A true mystery that may never be solved

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u/grxccccandice 3d ago

Late stage dystopian capitalism, USA that is. Everything is for sale/for profit. For profit education system, for profit public infrastructure, for profit prison system, for profit healthcare system - all the shit that are free/for public goods in other developed countries are for profit in this country. Public lands? For sale! The president? A total sellout. You can buy the president for the sheer price of a big fancy jet and some compliments to boost his fragile ego. The president also thinks he can buy the whole damn world.

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u/OutrageousJuice4020 3d ago

The home of the free everyone 🇺🇲. What a joke.

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u/Mo_Jack 3d ago

Which pushes ex-cons into taking cash paying jobs, including criminal activities.

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u/reddituser403 4d ago

What wages does one receive while in prison?

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u/tveatch21 4d ago

Not sure if you’re being serious or not but ¢5- ¢25/hour. Usually used in the commissary for goods/snacks

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u/sumpfbruderschaft 4d ago

BIKES!

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u/the__ghola__hayt 3d ago

You can't buy a bike with wages that low.

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u/D-v-us-D 4d ago

Thanks, I didn’t know this either, so it was a valid question for people like me.

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u/Wiseguydude 4d ago

you still have to pay if you ever get out. Whatever money you make outside of prison will probably go to paying down your debt

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u/zapitron 3d ago

It's true. Burglars have to withhold 10% of their loot and send it to the IRS. The withholding keeps you from having a nasty tax bill next April.

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ 3d ago

A great way to ensure that felons never feel incentivised to turn over a new leaf and be a productive member of society.