Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIf the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower classimagemessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1841arrow-down15
arrow-up1836arrow-down1imageIf the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower classClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square76linkfedilink
minus-squareEtterralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·7 months 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.