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I'm not sure there's much difference, in theory or in practice, between destroying money and giving it to the government! That sounds a bit anti-government but
by bloak 3y ago
I'm not sure there's much difference, in theory or in practice, between destroying money and giving it to the government!
That sounds a bit anti-government but really I just meant that the money raised from fines isn't a significant part of the government's total budget so it's unlikely to have much influence on policy. Voters would pay more attention to the fines themselves than to anything that could be achieved with the money raised from them.
- onionisafruit 3y agoIt might not be a significant portion of “the government’s” money, but it can be a significant portion of a local government’s money. Think of speed trap towns.
- actionfromafar 3y agoSpeed trap fines should also definitely go to the state coffers, not to any one PD. Speed traps should discourage speeding in critical places, not be "financially gerrymandered" in mis-designed intersections to optimize revenue for a starved PD. IMHO it's weird that the police even has something to do with speed traps, those should be handled by Transportation Department or some such.
- ben_w 3y agoMm. On the other hand, governments get to print money if they want to, and they have reason to. This might work, but I suspect mostly it would be a complex way of doing nothing, thanks to the literal-money-printing option.