Should the rich pay more for traffic tickets based on a sliding scale?

[Carl]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026556296

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:21 PM
Trillo (9,023 posts)

Should the rich pay more for traffic tickets based on a sliding scale?


I thought the following article was worthy of discussion. I probably won't participate, but feel the article is spot on regarding the relative pain the rich don't feel when paying a $300 speeding fine versus the rest of us who may need to not eat for a few weeks to pay such a fine.

Why the SuperRich Should Be Paying $50,000 Traffic Tickets
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All of us would like to live in a world where people always do the right thing — without anybody looking over their shoulder. But that world doesn’t exist and never will. So every society on our planet has penalties. You break the rules, you pay a price.

But penalties only work if the wrongdoer feels that price. A ridiculously tiny penalty amounts to no penalty at all.
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Most of us obey our traffic laws. We know these laws help keep our roads — and communities — safe. We also know that if we slip up and speed, we could end up staring at a $150 ticket. If we slip up again, we could be talking really serious pain.

But not really serious pain for everyone. In today’s deeply unequal United States, some people — extremely rich people — have no reason to worry about traffic citations. If you’re pulling down $1 million a month, a couple hundred dollars for a traffic ticket won’t even register.

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Guess DUmbasses don`t care about that equal protection inconvenience when their hatred and jealousy is involved.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:22 PM
bemildred (81,329 posts)
1. Yeah!

They should pay more for everything.

You have more then me...I need groceries DUmbass.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:22 PM
Comrade Grumpy (10,999 posts)
2. They do this in some other countries.

A $150 ticket is a killer for someone who's poor; it's chump change for someone who is rich.

So what?

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:29 PM
Star Member arcane1 (28,870 posts)
5. If it could be done fairly, I'd have no problem with it.

Irony is lost on you I see.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:46 PM
Star Member madokie (42,873 posts)
18. Pretty much the rich should have a sliding scale on prices on about everything they buy

or do that are necessity's of living a life. IMO

Response to madokie (Reply #18)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 06:00 PM
SickOfTheOnePct (3,042 posts)
24. You've got to be kidding n/t

Response to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #24)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 06:08 PM
Star Member madokie (42,873 posts)
33. Not one ****ing bit

read what I typed again

madokie will still be a worthless loser and leech but this will make it feel better about being a worthless loser and leech.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:58 PM
bvf (1,906 posts)
23. Yes, without a doubt. n/t.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 06:11 PM
Star Member annabanana (47,334 posts)
36. Since traffic fines are meant to be punitive.. Yes!

It ought to sting a little.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 06:14 PM
Star Member hunter (21,679 posts)
40. Oh hell yes.

A multiplier ought to be determined by both annual income and personal wealth.

A fast food worker might pay fifty dollars, the CEO of the fast food place might pay $50,000.

Response to Trillo (Original post)Thu Apr 23, 2015, 07:01 PM
Star Member NYC_SKP (66,727 posts)
51. Yes, it should be a flat fee plus percentage of income.

$250 to a minimum wage worker versus a CEO?

Hell yes there should be a sliding scale.

I say soak the taxpayer paid government worker...what say you skippy?

These lunatics are the embodiment of pure evil.

[SVPete]

Well, that would solve the "problem" of the EEEEEE-vile 1%ers! They'll take their money and the jobs they create and support to a less stupid country.

No more 1%ers and a lot more people dependent on government. It's all up-side for Ds, Libs, and Progs!

[obumazombie]

The rich are already charged on a sliding scale.
They have paid for their wealth with a lot of hard work and smart work.
That's a foreign concept to libs.
Not to mention people of wealth buy quality to avoid the mistakes of the crap that poor people buy.
But it's a difference in mindset from short term thinking to long term thinking.

[HawkHogan]

$50,000 speeding tickets.  The Dummies have topped themselves. 

[Chris_]

I think speeding tickets should be based on the amount of tax you pay. 

[ROCKURWORLD]

I think speeding tickets should be based on the amount of tax you pay.

or dont pay

[Big Dog]

or dont pay

Pay to play. The more tax you pay, the faster you can drive.

'As a matter of fact, I do own the road!'

[Duke Nukum]

Rich people, like Hillary Clinton, don't drive so let's make it a fine of infinity.

I think people who vote for higher taxes should be the ones who pay higher taxes.

[obumazombie]

Rich people, like Hillary Clinton, don't drive so let's make it a fine of infinity.

I think people who vote for higher taxes should be the ones who pay higher taxes.

This reminds me of Young Democrat and Young Republican college campus bake sales.
They both discount baked goods sales to minorities on a sliding scale.
But only one organization is serious about affirmative action discounts.