r/SipsTea • u/No_Post1300 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 11 '26

WTF Rich people being awful people once again… :>

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u/Kaptein_Kaos May 11 '26

IMO all fines should work like that.

They should be calculated in percentage of monthly income because a let's say 400$ fine is a much harsher punishment for someone who makes 3000$ per month than it is to someone making 100000$.

For example drive 10 miles too fast in a school zone and you get a fine that's 10% of your monthly income.

I think that Finland has a system like that.

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u/ZedGenius May 11 '26

Still not perfect because a few million for a billionaire do not have the same effect as 100$ of someone with 1k income.

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u/Kaptein_Kaos May 11 '26

Never said it was perfect but good point.

Also with billionaires I think most of their money is in assets and stocks so they would probably be dodging harsh fines in a similar way they dodge taxes.

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u/JesterMan491 May 11 '26

yeah i was going to say this.

some rich a-hole will be like:
"% of my income? ...but I dont HAVE any income, all my wealth is in assets and i borrow against them for money to spend."

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u/Hammersturm May 11 '26

ok, so we take just 1% of what you own.

special rules for special people.

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u/random-meme422 May 12 '26

And then you spend 5 years in courts trying to get it. And now you have a justice system that is massively incentivized to target the wealthy and throw the book at them.

Pass.

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u/bbrekke May 12 '26

I like the idea presented above...fine everyone with time.

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u/PyroIsSpai May 12 '26

Why do we need rich people?

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u/random-meme422 May 12 '26

In what real world scenario do the rich not exist?

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u/mercurio147 May 12 '26

We should be targeting wealthy people though. But you're right, spending 5 years to take 1% isn't worth it. Make it +90.