Lessons can be learned from Finlandhttps://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/03/finland-home-of-the-103000-speeding-ticket/387484/ …
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This is how we rescue our downtrodden cash-strapped NHS. The london elite & super-rich need to proportionally contribute to the national coffers
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This is ridiculous. Why is everything measured on wealth by the left. Why not adjust jail terms by average remaining years left in the criminal’s lifetime?
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It's talking about fines. Literally measured by wealth. Why do you measure everything by which side of politics you think it lies on?
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I remain unconvinced about the fairness or sustainability of such a scheme. Furthermore, fines should never be considered part of the revenue stream in order not to create artificial and mis-aligned incentives.
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The article clearly argues from a deterrent point of view. If you're against fines, well..fine. but if we have fines, they should actually be deterrents to everyone, not just the poor.
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The more complex the game, the more it tends to benefit those who can expend the energy & resources to tackle its rules; see US tax code. Also, unintended consequences of new ways to shirk the blame and to exploit loopholes are sure to emerge; ask a Finlander.
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Come on. A highly educated man like yourself can’t possibly agree with this.
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What's your counter argument?
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Young people should spend more time in jail than old people for the same crime. After all, they have more of it. That's the logic being used in the speeding ticket scenario.
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There is no way to gain lifetime, I don't think the comparison helps. Can you elaborate your point?
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Legal punishments must be objective in order to be fair. To make punishment subjective (how wealthy are you/how old are you) makes some disproportionately affected for equally sever crimes, and thus is unfair. Plus, the ticket scenario incentives police to punish wealthy ppl.
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What do you want the outcome from fines to be?
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Exactly ridiculed. If this was allowed then where would it stop.
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Congratulations, you have invented socialism.
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We are all equal, but some are more equal than others.
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This is all part of the social justice effort to stop enforcing laws. Kids are no longer suspended from school for terrorizing others. Not arrested because it the districts are hassled. Police called racist if they enforce the law. You want chaos.
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