[Libloather]

Why not base it on the value of the vehicle?

[lepton]

Why not make the price of everything be based upon income. That way, no matter what you earn, everyone will have the same purchasing power? /s

[rlmorel]

I would agree to this, if they determined how much money people could get out of the government based on how much money they paid into it.

[cdcdawg]

“Julia was born in the Dominican Republic and arrived in Dorchester when she was five years old. Raised by a single mother who was undocumented ...” https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council/julia-mejia

One of those ‘natural conservatives’ I keep hearing about.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

If they have the technology to do this, they have the technology to base it on the number of offenses instead.

[Fresh Wind]

How very European of them.

Finland, Home of the $103,000 Speeding Ticket

[ronnie raygun]

social justice income based parking fines, it works for the justice system why not across the board

[sasquatch]

Here comes Santa Clause;
repeat.

[SkyPilot]

They should also base them on race. Oh, and don’t forget LGBTQ +. And political party too. And..............

[Cvengr]

Instead of making a decision to pay the penalty or put a meal on the table, make the decision not to violate the law or to not put a meal on the table.

No Soup For Her!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Isn’t parking where I want to a RIGHT in, like, the Constitution or something?

Right next to where it says I can, like, murder my child two minutes after it’s born?

*SNORT*

[rbg81]

Let me guess: below a certain income, you pay nothing!

[moovova]

Remember when the Left got upset over the sliding scale bake sale put on by the College Republicans?

[I want the USA back]

So criminals, with no declared income, would be able to park free?

[cuban leaf]

Unconstitutional. A fine is a fine. We are all equal under the law. You can’t charge a person more because they have more money.

It also incentivizes cops to target vehicles that will bring more money to the city. In fact, it will incentivize them to aggressively ticket even when there is no ticketable offense. This happened in Seattle when they were being pressured to write more tickets. A guy got a ticket for leaving his lights on when he parked. He fought it and won, btw. It’s not illegal to leave your headlights on when you park.

[ml/nj]

So what, now if you get a parking ticket you have to provide an income statement, an assets statement, both ?

ML/NJ

[taxcontrol]

... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws ...

Sounds like "value" based penalties of law are NOT equal protection.

[IronJack]

So much for equal protection under the law.

[American in Israel]

They are not choosing between food and paying fines, they are choosing to park illegally. Poverty is often because of bad choices, parking fines always are.

Subsidizing bad choices is a bad choice.

[headstamp 2]

The left is creating a law enforcement system based on revenue enhancement while excusing overt criminal behavior. There is no money in that.

[super7man]

so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket parking illegally or putting food on their table

There fixed it.