Jury Duty

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by AprilK-AEBN

True, I might not have to do it again in my life time. I certainly hope not.

WWN6D?

[miz_wright]

I'm just irritated that my time is worth a apltry $1.50/ hour.

Like "Oh, you're fulfilling your civic duty - so we don't even have to pay you minimum wage to be here!"

LAME

[Rcourt64]

Originally Posted by LizAEBN

I'm just irritated that my time is worth a apltry $1.50/ hour.

Like "Oh, you're fulfilling your civic duty - so we don't even have to pay you minimum wage to be here!"

LAME

Screw that buck fifty/ hour crap !!!!
Come join the 5.99 a minute crowd...
...Always promising to be lucrative and high with retention level too

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by LizAEBN

I'm just irritated that my time is worth a apltry $1.50/ hour.

Like "Oh, you're fulfilling your civic duty - so we don't even have to pay you minimum wage to be here!"

LAME

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"

JFK

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"

JFK

JFK's ashes ain't payin' for my big balla lifestyle


(and clearly, I meant "paltry" up there)

[TaylorMarieXXX]

It's interesting how suddenly everyone is fiscal conservatives when it comes to jury duty.

Here's an interesting fact for everyone who makes the cost argument. In Florida (where I'm from), and I'm sure most other states are pretty close, The Judiciary, while as a branch of the government, in essence one third of the government, receives less than %1 of budgeted state monies.

So if you are really concerned about the cost, I suggest you look at the folks on welfare, or all the pork that goes to home districts rather than the system that insures rapists go to jail, or that you have redress when some drunk runs you over and you lose your legs.

[Hell Puppy]

Oh, I'm pretty fiscally conservative on everything not just jury duty.

I would love to see government scaled back to the way the forefathers intended. Small federal government, the power residing with the states. It should also not be the job of the government to take care of me, raise my kids or provide me with a job.

I can also pretty well guarantee you I'll never be selected to sit on a jury. No lawyer in their right mind would touch me with a 10 foot pole. I'm opinionated, hard headed, unpredictable and capable of influencing others in a group setting. I also have some natural degree of prejudice because I believe most stereotypes are stereotypes because they are largely true. And worst of all, I'm pissed off to be there.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Oh, I'm pretty fiscally conservative on everything not just jury duty.

I would love to see government scaled back to the way the forefathers intended. Small federal government, the power residing with the states. It should also not be the job of the government to take care of me, raise my kids or provide me with a job.

I can also pretty well guarantee you I'll never be selected to sit on a jury. No lawyer in their right mind would touch me with a 10 foot pole. I'm opinionated, hard headed, unpredictable and capable of influencing others in a group setting. I also have some natural degree of prejudice because I believe most stereotypes are stereotypes because they are largely true. And worst of all, I'm pissed off to be there.

State power won't work...ever.
Go to any Local Borough Council meeting, and you'll understand why.
I attend the local town meetings, and provide them on a community website: http://www.wrightsvillepa.com

Watch any of them...they're good for a giggle, and a perfect example why we need some kind of umbrella govt......but not a nanny state.

Easy way to avoid jury duty...all you got to do is this: Ask them to explain how "jury nullification" works?

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by TaylorMarieXXX

It's interesting how suddenly everyone is fiscal conservatives when it comes to jury duty.

Here's an interesting fact for everyone who makes the cost argument. In Florida (where I'm from), and I'm sure most other states are pretty close, The Judiciary, while as a branch of the government, in essence one third of the government, receives less than %1 of budgeted state monies.

So if you are really concerned about the cost, I suggest you look at the folks on welfare, or all the pork that goes to home districts rather than the system that insures rapists go to jail, or that you have redress when some drunk runs you over and you lose your legs.

It's entirely possible I have been misunderstanding, but the commentary as I've interpreted it has been primarily concerned with inefficiencies in the system and for its purposes, its lack of effectiveness as a result.

None of which indicates fiscal conservatism so much as a concern about the misuse of exisiting resources.

[LAJ]

I'll probably get blasted for this, but whatever.

Fuck jury duty. Every time I've been called in, I try to claim hardship. When that doesn't work I'll act prejudicial... whatever it takes to get out of it. The ridiculous pay and wasted day is bad enough... but let's face it... lawyers are looking for the dumbest and most easily swayed people possible. People who have no time or patience to serve on juries by and large don't fit into that category.

When I was in college I participated in focus groups that dealt with being on a mock jury, mock trial, jury selection, etc. Boy you really get a look into how stupid humanity is when you are put with a random group of people like that.

I think in Australia they pay $50 or even $100 day for this... more of an incentive.

[TaylorMarieXXX]

Originally Posted by LizAEBN

None of which indicates fiscal conservatism so much as a concern about the misuse of exisiting resources.

I thought misuse of existing resources is pretty close to the heart of fiscal conservatism.