Shoplifting is wrong; bankruptcy is also a moral act
Imagine my surprise while reading this in a recent opinion:
Id. at n. 1 (citing Bankruptcy Reform: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 106th Cong. 98 (1999) (statement of Professor Todd Zywicki)).
This analogy of bankruptcy to shoplifting annoys the heck out of me. Is there also a "conscious decision" to be outsourced and unable to find employment for over a year? Is there also a "conscious decision" to get in a car accident one week after getting the axe? Is it a "conscious decision" to have medical conditions that have a very costly upkeep and even worse without medical insurance?
This guy belongs out there with Tom Cruise promoting silent births and herbs for mental health conditions.
And as if that wasn't enough, check this out:
I can't believe there is no recourse for inadequate or ineffective counsel??? Where's the protection for the debtor? Or is it that the debtor is viewed as a shoplifter and thus his/her rights are overseen?
Id. at n. 1 (citing Bankruptcy Reform: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 106th Cong. 98 (1999) (statement of Professor Todd Zywicki)).
This analogy of bankruptcy to shoplifting annoys the heck out of me. Is there also a "conscious decision" to be outsourced and unable to find employment for over a year? Is there also a "conscious decision" to get in a car accident one week after getting the axe? Is it a "conscious decision" to have medical conditions that have a very costly upkeep and even worse without medical insurance?
This guy belongs out there with Tom Cruise promoting silent births and herbs for mental health conditions.
And as if that wasn't enough, check this out:
I can't believe there is no recourse for inadequate or ineffective counsel??? Where's the protection for the debtor? Or is it that the debtor is viewed as a shoplifter and thus his/her rights are overseen?
I know, I know you have to pay him to do this, but you have to also do your own homework. If the debtors just had a pacer account they would have seen the deficiency before the dismissal and fixed it in a timely manner. As was posted weeks ago about letting the attorney do your dirty work this is exibit "A" on why you need to do your own dirty work.
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