Ending God's Tax Exempt Status

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Fines are proportionate to the offender's income: if you have vast wealth you gt fined more. Most people wouldn't get fined that much :P

I know that. So you feel 14 days income is proper for driving at 47 mph in a 31 mph zone? Sounds pretty severe to me. I believe that's gross, not net, income.

[yesman065]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I know that. So you feel 14 days income is proper for driving at 47 mph in a 31 mph zone? Sounds pretty severe to me. I believe that's gross, not net, income.

So I can pay my fine with pre-tax dollars?

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I know that. So you feel 14 days income is proper for driving at 47 mph in a 31 mph zone? Sounds pretty severe to me. I believe that's gross, not net, income.

Why should poorer people have to suffer more when they speed? That is to say that if the speeding fine is the same, then obviously it impacts the lower earners more so perhaps they learn more of a lesson because they're forced to give up a larger (by comparison) chunk of their income to pay the fine.

I had no idea they did this sort of thing, but i think it's a great idea personally.

$150 to someone who only earns $450 per week is a lot more than $150 to someone who earns $4500 per week.

[9th Engineer]

It's still disproportionate punishment though, care to try that logic in areas of justice other then traffic fines?

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

It's still disproportionate punishment though, care to try that logic in areas of justice other then traffic fines?

Traffic fines are slightly different to most areas of justice.

Why is it disproportionate?

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

It's still disproportionate punishment though, care to try that logic in areas of justice other then traffic fines?

Sure. Any sort of fine. No reason to restrict it to traffic.

And it isn't disproportionate, it's just more proportionate than you're used to.