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Any crime that’s punished by a fine is only a punishment for the poor.

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Depends on how the fines work. Check out Finland day-fine system. It’s a bit complicated, but essentially the gov’t knows how much money you make/what kind of wealth you have, and scales fines according to that. So a person that’s in the lowest 10th percentile may only pay a few dollars for a traffic fine, while someone that’s in the 99th percentile for income/wealth can end up with a speeding ticket that costs over €100,000.

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Have seen this and do agree with the execution. My frame of reference was the US

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