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But without progressive fines, the rich can basically buy themselves out of the law, which is worse than having no proportionality to the offense.
by thefz 2y ago
But without progressive fines, the rich can basically buy themselves out of the law, which is worse than having no proportionality to the offense.
- xtiansimon 2y agoReminds me of this podcast, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?” The argument being if fines for breaking rules are not proportional to wealth, then wealthy people will become disdainful of those rules. https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2024/09/how-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-got-caught-up-in-the-culture-wars https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2024/09/how-if-you-g...