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Tickets should be proportional to income and wealth. Like in Finland. As of now, it's a disproportionate tax on poor people, and the cops know it.
by jacobush 6y ago
Tickets should be proportional to income and wealth. Like in Finland. As of now, it's a disproportionate tax on poor people, and the cops know it.
- missedthecue 6y agoI feel like that would make cops target wealthier communities. A simpler solution is that any revenue from traffic tickets goes to the federal government rather than the county or state.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoBoth solution are required together.
- derivagral 6y agoI think this is almost exactly the point: incentivize police to target wealthier communities, who should then be able to push back more effectively. I'm not sure reality works that cleanly, but I think that's the thought.
- jacobush 6y agoYeah I forgot about that weird US thing. Funding local Police with tickets is quaint, almost absurd.