Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · edit-229 days agoIf the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower classlemmy.worldimagemessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1841arrow-down13
arrow-up1838arrow-down1imageIf 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-229 days agomessage-square77linkfedilink
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·29 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.