[joe_the_user]

I don't think we should be agreeing to these as "special cases" at all. Things are already too convenient for the state.

The government is arguably propagating these special cases at an alarming rate. At least one version of the "health reform bill" is reputed to make not having private health insurance a crime, as Massachusetts does at present. Sure, those who can document their poverty are supposed given help in these matters but this leaves a disturbingly large area where criminal codes are going enforce private debts.