But, but … clutches pearls that would be socialism. We can’t expect our benevolent overlords to pay for crimes in a manner that would affect them. We reserve that for Jean Valjean.
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bl4kers@beehaw.org 4 days ago
the maximum penalty under the law of $5,000 per violation
This is far too low in this context. Perhaps it should be a percentage of annual revenue or profit or something instead of a fixed amount.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 days ago
leftascenter@jlai.lu 4 days ago
Laws are made to protect the wealthy by constraining the poor without protecting the poor or constraining the wealthy.
Poorly translated from local language by me.
leftascenter@jlai.lu 4 days ago
This should be the case for all penalties, from traffic to whatever. Just make it an increasing part of revenues and wealth, condemned to x% based on table.
So the rich feel it too.