Jury Duty Question

[Gold Maven]

What is the deal with the 6 dollars per day that the court pays you for Jury Duty, Or testifying.

Is this just an odd hold over to when 6 dollars was a fair days wage?

It seems like an insult, "sit on these hard benches" , " pee when we tell you" , " No Smoking" , "No cell phones" Here's your 6 bucks.....if we could pay you less we would.

I mean it's the government....it seems we should serve for free, as our duty as citizens.....but they are giving us 6 dollars for a full day of our life, when their own law states minimum HOURLY wage is more than 6 bucks.

So.....why the 6 bucks?

 

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[jerseyben]

Would you rather jury duty be contracted out (privatized)? Then we can pay any 'ol person any 'ol amount of money to decide our fates!

 

[spartacus53]

So.....why the 6 bucks?

It's carfare

P.S. Jerseyben, I'm pushing for that, and thought thought Judge Roy Bean was something. He had a reputation made up of nothing. Condemned two men to hang. Out of the two, one got away. No one gets away from me

Besides, with me as a juror, you always have a good chance to get off. I only vote after I consult the Magic 8 Ball

 

[Jim in Idaho]

What is the deal with the 6 dollars per day that the court pays you for Jury Duty, Or testifying.

Is this just an odd hold over to when 6 dollars was a fair days wage?

It seems like an insult, "sit on these hard benches" , " pee when we tell you" , " No Smoking" , "No cell phones" Here's your 6 bucks.....if we could pay you less we would.

I mean it's the government....it seems we should serve for free, as our duty as citizens.....but they are giving us 6 dollars for a full day of our life, when their own law states minimum HOURLY wage is more than 6 bucks.

So.....why the 6 bucks?

I agree. I've never understood why we pay the judges, attorneys, etc huge money for their day in court, and the people forced to be there, often making life/death decisions, are paid a pittance. Idaho just raised the pay to $50/full day, $25 for half, or shorter day. It costs me about $6.00 to drive to town and back. Some parts of the county are out more than 40 miles...those would cost much more to drive in and back.
Jim

 

[BosnMate]

Back when I was gainfully employed and not on the government dole getting social security that I paid into, but now am getting through the benevolence of our government, the company I worked for paid our wage for the day, less the $6. I thought that was mighty nice of them.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Back when I was gainfully employed and not on the government dole getting social security that I paid into, but now am getting through the benevolence of our government, the company I worked for paid our wage for the day, less the $6. I thought that was mighty nice of them.

That was decent, for sure. Not many would do that today, especially with the economy like it is.
Jim

 

[Red James Cash]

Here the state makes your employer pay you 50 bucks if you get called for jury duty.Better than 6 bucks,but you only get the 50 bucks once even if your picked for duty i believe.

 

[GPS53]

My company also pays the difference in full.

 

[Peyton Manning]

if you got paid more it would mean higher taxes. you are paying yourself actually

 

[Jim in Idaho]

if you got paid more it would mean higher taxes. you are paying yourself actually

Lol...so we should cut all the government employees pay...that would lower our taxes, right?
Jim

 

[poorman15]

Lol...so we should cut all the government employees pay...that would lower our taxes, right?
Jim

How about the law makers pay? They are about to furlough me as a Gov't employee and I work hard for a living at a dangerous job. Nancy pulosi stated something to the fact that congress wouldn't take a pay cut because it would deminish the integrity of the lawmakers job. I am going to have to hit the motherload while detecting to help pay the bills! Not all Gov't employees are overpaid lazy POS but like everywhere, you have your few.