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> In the US, when a wealthy person parks in front of a fire hydrant, we don't give them a $100,000 parking ticket; the fine is scaled to the offense, not the of
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
> In the US, when a wealthy person parks in front of a fire hydrant, we don't give them a $100,000 parking ticket; the fine is scaled to the offense, not the offender.
Yes, but the US's system of fines might be considered regressive (big enough to hurt poor people, small enough to mean nothing to rich people) compared to countries which use day fines which are in fact scaled to the offender.