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Do you pay taxes? Does the near-zero cost of the electricity vs the thousands of dollars the town will waste dealing with the matter seem like an odd tradeoff
by nobody_nowhere 13y ago
Do you pay taxes? Does the near-zero cost of the electricity vs the thousands of dollars the town will waste dealing with the matter seem like an odd tradeoff to you?
- balls187 13y agoCost to the taxpayers isn't a mitigating circumstance when choosing whether to arrest someone for committing a crime. I should note, that I don't think this was a crime.
- nitrogen 13y agoCost to the taxpayers isn't a mitigating circumstance when choosing whether to arrest someone for committing a crime. It should be a factor in deciding what is and is not a crime, however. If the cure is worse than the disease...
- balls187 13y agoI 100% disagree. If I steal a $60 video game from a store, it's going to cost tax payers and the company more than $60 to prosecute me. Should shoplifting > $1,000 no longer be a crime?
- nitrogen 13y agoIf you steal a $60 video game from a store, and as a result the store goes out of business or people become afraid of thieves, the county will lose a hefty chunk of property taxes. Society also loses the opportunity to turn a miscreant into a contributor. If you plug your car into a school for half an hour, you ... what, exactly?
- dllthomas 13y agoIf everyone makes a habit of driving to the school to plug in their cars, I totally see it being a problem. If it is limited to everyone with a legitimate reason to be there in the first place, less so, but I could see it still being an issue.