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Yes, Sammy Hagar says he can’t drive 55.
A good idea. After all, if you are a multimillionaire, you have no real deterrent for disobeying the law. The point of fines is to inflict pain and deter, unless you want to start throwing everyone in jail for trivial offences.
Obama sez...”Dang, why didn’t I think of that!”
How poor do you have to be to not have to pay a fine, or is there a floor?
You get the government you elect (or allow to exist)
Another way to soak the rich? And give our government more ideas on wealth redistribution?
If they’re going to pro-rate the fine, they ought to also pro-rate the speed limit.
Maybe all the punishments should be corporal. Everybody would suffer equally.
I fines serve better as recompense for damages, not as punishments. I don’t see how a rich man speeding is a greater problem than a poor man.
Its obscene.
So justice is dispensed on the ability to pay?
Guess the blindfold kinda came off the eyes.
What’s next? Car prices on a sliding scale? The guy who achieves the least gets a free Ferrari?
From each... To each...
Yeah, I’ve heard of that...
It’s only fair. (if you’re a commie)
Wont this just force the super rich to always ride via limousine?
Memo to Paris Hilton...
We have the same thing here. It’s why bankers can pay a pennies on the dollar fine for drug money laundering instead of going to jail.
Driving on a couple of Ontario’s “Interstates†I’ve seen big green signs saying that if you’re caught doing “x†over the speed limit (it’s in kph so I don’t understand it) you can be fined $10,000 *and* they can seize you car.They don’t specify if the seizure is temporary or permanent.
Damn, sounds like he was going fast enough he could go back in time and NOT speed, thus no ticket.
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Better call Saul?
I hope Obama doesn’t read this- or have it read to him if he can’t read.
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