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Financial punishments should be required by law to be a percentage of your worth/income instead of an arbitrary number. $100 fine can be devastating if you are
by snarfy 8y ago
Financial punishments should be required by law to be a percentage of your worth/income instead of an arbitrary number. $100 fine can be devastating if you are living paycheck to paycheck. For others it's a bar tab. Fixed fees disproportionately hurt the poor.
- zimablue 8y agoSetting that scale is nigh on impossible though. Young people with zero in assets and incredibly rich parents (asset-rich not income). Young people with no assets and poor parents but massive future earning potential (academic or sports stars). Old people with massive material wealth in the value of their houses who will be incredibly unwilling (and make a great newspaper headline) to move it.