Rich people should be fined a higher percentage because they can afford it. A $10 million dollar fine for someone with $100 million doesn’t hit as hard as someone with a million getting fined $100k.
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Reyali@lemm.ee 4 weeks agoUnless fines become a % of a person’s wealth. Make everyone feel it equally.
errer@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I was gonna suggest this. Norway or Denmark do this for speeding tickets and it’s very effective.
EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
In principle, yes, but hiding wealth is also like Rich Bastard 101 stuff.
BrightCandle@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Wealth based fines would be extremely based. Most people would pay nothing and the wealthy would be paying a heck of a lot more. Which is why it will never happen its all about punishing the workers.
entwine413@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
If we’re doing percentage based fines, that would pay for forensic accounting.
EvilBit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
True enough, but you’d still be playing legal whack-a-mole because by the letter of the law, you could still be legally relatively poor but have access to an insane amount of money in lots of ways.