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So you alos think that all fine should be wealth based instead of prevention based? Thatwold mean that for some who can not or will not apy ;going abck to teh jail in lew of fine.Mnay of teh poorest just let their fines go unpaid now days since the courts ruled that a fine only penatlty cannot have the person jailed.Those that can pay would be paying and htose that can't go to jial to workofff the fine3. The end game is to get compliance remember.*** for example lst I knew had like a $500 parking fine in Toyko to force compliance. Its obvious that fines need to go up in thsi country on spped and redlights for eample bythsoe test.
So you alos think that all fine should be wealth based instead of prevention based? Thatwold mean that for some who can not or will not apy ;going abck to teh jail in lew of fine.Mnay of teh poorest just let their fines go unpaid now days since the courts ruled that a fine only penatlty cannot have the person jailed.Those that can pay would be paying and htose that can't go to jial to workofff the fine3. The end game is to get compliance remember.*** for example lst I knew had like a $500 parking fine in Toyko to force compliance. Its obvious that fines need to go up in thsi country on spped and redlights for eample bythsoe test.
Once you type that out in way that's possible to comprehend I shall reply to it.
Its the same standard the IRS uses to penalize people for producing and earning. It's the same standard the courts use to penalize people who are subject to paying alimony and/or child support.
Fining a person one week's income, no matter how much that income is, is, to the offender, exactly the same fine. The offender took a week out of his limited lifetime to earn the money to pay the fine. Everybody's lifetime is supposed to be of equal value. If Bill Gates is fined for speeding, what kind of a deterrent is it for him to have to pay a fine equal to the amount of money he earns in one one-millionth of a second while he is asleep?
Its the same standard the IRS uses to penalize people for producing and earning. It's the same standard the courts use to penalize people who are subject to paying alimony and/or child support.
Are you assuming that I agree with those instances as well? Perhaps we should start adjusting the price of consumer goods on an individual basis of wealth. That's fair, no?
Are you assuming that I agree with those instances as well? Perhaps we should start adjusting the price of consumer goods on an individual basis of wealth. That's fair, no?
It is a legitimate Taxing model to not tax income but instead purely tax consumer goods, in which case, luxury/expensive items would be taxed more, essentially adjusting the price on the basis of wealth, so yes, that is an option as well.
It's worth mentioning that the ticket will be for speeding in Switzerland, not Sweden.
And frankly, I quite like that system of traffic tickets, it burns equally for everyone.
He's not being fined for speeding or in proportion to the potential he has imposed upon society, he's being fined for being wealthy. Thankfully this kind of BS would be unconstitutional in the U.S.
He's not being fined for speeding or in proportion to the potential he has imposed upon society, he's being fined for being wealthy. Thankfully this kind of BS would be unconstitutional in the U.S.
No, he's not actually, he's being fined for breaking the law, but he's being fined in proportion to his wealth, so that the punishment is as equal as possible for everyone.
And again, it's not settled that he'll get this high a fine, in fact I really doubt he will.
Do you think it would be fair if the fine were to attach one day of wages from each offender? So the amount of the fine would take the same bite out of everyone?
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