That's your point out of this entire thread? The US Treasury and State Governments do this every day through taxes. Are you really arguing that you'd rather the governments tax us more to cover these costs, vs paying directly for the incident incurred? I'd much rather pay the government a jury tax when I serve jury duty, versus paying a higher tax every year that may or may not go towards jury duty parking. Seems a very silly argument.

As for serving itself, it's a civic duty. One of the few we have left. There are many inconveniences that people incur to serve. You spoke of the single mom holding three jobs. You do realize, that she's likely not reimbursed for hours lost from her job, right? Or she's not reimbursed for the daycare she might have to find for her children. What if her job provides her lunch at the cafeteria, but now she has to buy her own lunch? What if she has a very strict budget for gas usage, and this drive to the courthouse will exhaust the gas she has allotted for travelling to work. You act that this parking cost is the only cost that's inconvenienced to jurors. There's a whole host of direct and indirect costs associated with jury duty, but we incur it because we as a collective citizenship have fought for the right to a jury by our peers. I think you've really lost sight of the bigger picture here.

Lastly, you lament about personal attacks, but you snidely did the same to the whole board. Because you've been judged by a jury of your peers, and you don't agree with the verdict, your position is "I should have known better" about the people on this board, as if we're all lacking because we don't agree with you.

Let's hope that the day you need the legal system to work for you, that similar minded individuals don't circumvent the system and its integrity.