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Why is that a clever idea? If you can make the landowners pay a fee when a rhino gets killed on their land, why not just make them pay a fine instead? But, it's
by mhb 3y ago
Why is that a clever idea? If you can make the landowners pay a fee when a rhino gets killed on their land, why not just make them pay a fine instead? But, it's South Africa so the thinking there seems a little muddled recently.
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoMight be human nature. Fee. People will pay huge 'fees' for some feature or access, or privilege. Fine. People will riot in the streets if the exact same value was applied as a fine or a tax. 'what a huge fine, that is totally un-fair'. A fee makes it seem like a choice. A fine, everyone is mad, even people that it wont ever apply too.
- IggleSniggle 3y agoPlus, a fee has an element of conspicuous consumption to it, where people are proud to pay the fee (if they value the thing), and will simply avoid it if they don't care about the thing.