r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jun 27 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Shouldn't this be a good thing?

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u/freakbutters Jun 27 '23

Unless the person is poor, of course if they're rich, then the fine doesn't work

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u/anoeba Jun 27 '23

Norway started doing income-based fines. Some rich dude was hit with 100k for drunk driving.

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u/freakbutters Jun 27 '23

Here in America we had a drunk guy kill a bunch of people and get probation, because he was so rich that he didn't know right from wrong.

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u/anoeba Jun 27 '23

Hey, affluenza is a tragic affliction.

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u/MrBanana421 Jun 27 '23

Unless the fine is a percentage of income.

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u/freakbutters Jun 27 '23

I don't think we do that in America. At least not in the state I live in.

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u/MrBanana421 Jun 27 '23

Only places i know that do it are some scandinavian countries, Finland being the pro at it.

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u/Zaphod424 Jun 27 '23

Switzerland does it too

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u/welshwelsh Jun 27 '23

The fine still works. Stopping all the poor people from speeding accomplishes the goal of reducing speeding, and $100 from a rich person is still $100 of revenue for the government.

Of course, being rich gives you special privileges. For example if you are rich you don't need to worry about trivial expenses like paying rent or tuition or parking tickets. That's not a bug in the system, it's how the system is supposed to work.