candystripper
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I'm not sure exactly how an individual would conduct all their personal buisness inside a corporation shell. You cannot esacpe liability for your actions via the corporate viel, not can you escape your obligations to someone who suffers damages as a result of your negilgence or other tortious acts. Certainly you still have the same obligations to conform your conduct to the requirements of law or risk arrest or prosecution. Lots of folks are now 'judgment proof'. Wealthy people who faced high damage awards traditionally fled to Florida, where a 'home' can be homestead exempt form judgment reardless of whether it's worth $200,000 or $200 Million. The changes made to the Bankruptcy Code, IMO, are unconstituonal. Bankruptcy for individuals was a way the Founder's rejected the idea of debtor's prisions. It has alway been a mean by which an individual can get a new start. These credit card companies who pushed the debt vehicles onto unsuspecting people were behind the changes. Their greed is apalling. If the credit card companies did not excerise sound business judgment in whom they offered credit to, that's on them. I once received an offer for a credit card with a $300,000 limit. I was very tempted to accept, take the cash, pay off the house and file for bankruptcy. I never did it because it seemed unethical..but really, shouldn't I tell the bank why I want the money? What my credit-worthiness is? Don't they have the responsibility to lend only under circumstances in which they are likely to be repaid? candystripper
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