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Originally posted by kutulu
slightly off topic, but I've always thought that fines should be relative to a person's income. No matter what the fine is that she could get, he problably has more money stuck between her couch cushions. If you look at a $50k fine, that's more than most people make in a year. The equivalent fine for her should be more than her average annual income, considering all income sources.
This goes with all monetary amounts payed to the state, from traffic tickets to fines like this. Seriously, what good is a fine if it doesn't actually hurt financially?
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That kind of mentallity is equivalent to fascism. When we start allowing punishments to be related to income or status or power or race even, you are pushing the realm of a fascist state. It should not matter how successful you are. What she did was wrong and she should be punished for it equally to everyone else who does the same thing. Otherwise all you are punishing is the fact that she is more successful than you, NOT because she committed a crime. Why should her money be considered a crime? You tell me...