There are two possible responses to the imposition of a fine: either the fine is paid, or it is not. It might be paid in installments, or the total amount may be reduced, but this is the binary reality. I’m not sure what reality you’re living it.
“Avenues of debt collection” recognize this binary reality: either the fine is collected, or it is not. Are you saying that the state will rely on pestering a party into possibly paying, but if they don’t, then they’ll just give up?
““Avenues of debt collection” recognize this binary reality: either the fine is collected, or it is not. Are you saying that the state will rely on pestering a party into possibly paying, but if they don’t, then they’ll just give up?”
Yes, certainly. That’s the basic situation that everyone in this country except for the government is in, and we deal with it just fine. We attempt to collect the debt (while our debt collection practices are severely limited by law), and if we cannot collect it, we note that to the credit agencies in hopes that sometime in the future, when the person wants to make a transaction that requires credit, they will have to pay the debt.
If this system doesn’t suffice for the government, then why not? What makes them so special that they cannot operate under the same rules as the rest of us?