Man and I thought (we) were the police / nanny state.
The Sarasota county in Florida USA are voting in laws to give power to repo and sell your house if you fail to pay a red light camera fine.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/25/2517.asp
Somehow I just can't see where the "punishment to fit the crime" exists...
"Earlier this month, the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin foreclosed on the $245,000 home of resident Peter Tubic, 62, because the man, who suffers mental limitations, failed to pay a $50 ticket he received for parking his own run-down van in his own driveway. Only after the story became national news did a top city official claim he would put a stop to the seizure."