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It's the same rule, the calculation is just different. Imagine it were prison. Should we say that a rich person should get a 1 day sentence and a poor person s
by CalRobert 2y ago
It's the same rule, the calculation is just different.
Imagine it were prison. Should we say that a rich person should get a 1 day sentence and a poor person should get a 1 year sentence simply because the rich person's time is worth more?
- bko 2y agoTerrible example since equality would mean they both get N day sentence as I'm advocating keeping the fee fixed regardless of circumstances. Here is how the example would actually work: A 20 year old probably has 60 years left. Spending a year in prison for a 20 year old is only 1/60th his expected life span. But for a 50 year old it would be 1/30th his life span. So perhaps the young person should get a harsher penalty. You see why this is wrong?
- CalRobert 2y agoWe already kinda do this, old people get let out of prison if they're ill, etc. I don't really think my example is terrible, I think it depends on what you think of as "equal". If the idea is to disincentivize an action, it needs to have a similar amount of pain to all people, presumably.
- M95D 2y agoIn fact that's exact how the fine is calculated: day-fine = punishment financially equivalent to incarceration for one day without salary. Rich and poor get the same number of days "without salary". There's also a minimum fine. People with no income will still pay a fine.