Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-26 days agoIf the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower classlemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down14
arrow-up1834arrow-down1external-linkIf the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower classlemmy.worldClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-26 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 days agoI’ll say it until I’m dead: fines need to be calculated by income and net worth, increasing exponentially. The only way for a fine to act as a deterrent is for it to cost more relative to a person or company’s ability to pay it.
I’ll say it until I’m dead: fines need to be calculated by income and net worth, increasing exponentially. The only way for a fine to act as a deterrent is for it to cost more relative to a person or company’s ability to pay it.