Well, the $525 fine made the government $499.11 in profit.................
“Well, the $525 fine made the government $499.11 in profit.................”
A local Highway patrolman said he writes 300 tickets a day at a wide spot in the road where it goes suddenly from 60mph to 35 mph. A developer told me the county code enforcement office, which staffed up for the housing bubble, hasn’t laid a soul off. The boss told them, “if you want to keep your jobs go out there and write fines.” So, he said they write him $3,000 in fines for every $100,000 in building value. He just prices it in.
Government at all levels has become a sucking leech.