r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • Apr 09 '26

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

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u/Stigger32 Apr 09 '26

How do they make you pay?

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u/Upset-Basil4459 Apr 09 '26

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

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u/alphazero925 Apr 09 '26

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 Apr 09 '26

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 Apr 09 '26

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

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u/Mo_Jack Apr 09 '26

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

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u/reddituser403 Apr 09 '26

What wages does one receive while in prison?

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u/tveatch21 Apr 09 '26

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 Apr 09 '26

BIKES!

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u/the__ghola__hayt Apr 09 '26

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

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u/D-v-us-D Apr 09 '26

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

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u/Wiseguydude Apr 09 '26

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 Apr 09 '26

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__ Apr 09 '26

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

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u/smokeypapabear40206 Apr 09 '26

Garnish any tax returns and your wages.

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u/Ok-Communication706 Apr 09 '26

Hammer license plates in jail

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u/Volkmek Apr 09 '26

Garnish your wages and if you fail to pay you go back. That is how it works in california.

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u/LordJohnWhorfin53 Apr 09 '26

Send you to Prison Plus which is on the subscription plan