[Hugh R]

[QUOTE=Jeff Higgins;5112797]I agree with Webb and stomachmonkey. Fines, if meant to be meaningful punishment, should be somehow proportionate to wealth.

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Why stop at fines? I mean after all, if you think fines should be proportionate with wealth, then you must be OK with taxing people at a higher percentage of their income when they earn more, like we do in the USA. I'm sure Bill Gates uses more road, police, fire and national defense than anyone else in the USA, so he should be 1000X more income taxes than the average American. and after alll it costs more for a guy who makes $1million a year for his kids to go to public school than someone who makes $50K/year, right? Oh wait! The average guy who makes $50K/year doesn't even pay enough income taxes to put his own kids through public school does he? Considering that the average cost of K-12 education is around $10K/kid nationally.

Looking at fines being proportional to income, how about we charge people for toll roads based on their income?