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Originally Posted by Tinordi
One idea I love is progressive punitive fees.
So for example speeding tickets are valued based on your income not as a fixed charge. The effect is that for the wealth, speeding is relatively cheaper than for the poor and thus less of an incentive to drive the limit. Some of the Scandinavian countries have used this system where I believe Teemu Selanne got a $100,000 speeding ticket. That's a fantastic idea.
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Not to sidebar this particular item but, I sorta understand the . . . visceral enjoyment/positives of this argument. But I'm not sure about it though; especially when you extrapolate the principle.
I guess you could toss younger people in jail longer for equivalent crimes because they have more "time" than some old geezer. Not sure why I'm thinking about it like that but perhaps I'm just tired today!
