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   From: Skeeterweed@proton.me   
      
   In article ,   
   governor.swill@gmail.com says...   
   >   
   > On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:02:36 -0700, BeamMeUpScotty   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Never.  I've never even been detained, other than getting a traffic   
   citation.   
   > >But I know how bail bonds work.  The arrestee only puts up 10% of the bail   
   > >amount.  The bail bondsman puts up the rest.   
   >   
   > Only if the bailee doesn't have the full amount of bail.   
   >   
   > There is no law that says you MUST use a bail bondsman.  If you put up 100%   
   of your own   
   > bail, you get it *all* back and there are no fees to pay.  If you use a   
   bondsman, you   
   > immediately lose 10% of the bail plus any applicable fees.  If you skip, you   
   are   
   > additionally held liable for the full bail amount plus any additional fees.   
   >   
   > Using a bondsman when you have plenty of cash is a poor man's decision.    
   Like the working   
   > class householder who buys a cheap AC repair for $2000 to avoid spending   
   $8000 on a new   
   > unit but the patch job only lasts a year or two before it breaks down   
   again.  The 'poor'   
   > or cash strapped homeowner will again try to cheap out with another $2000   
   patch job that   
   > will last one, maybe two seasons if it works at all.   
   >   
   > Anybody with the cash or credit will simply spend $8000 on an all new unit,   
   inside and   
   > out, with a ten year warranty.   
   >   
   > That Trump used a bail bondsman does hint that his cash flow is problematic.   
   >   
   > Swill   
      
   Yet you wish you can afford gas.   
      
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