NYC May Start Charging Fines That Vary With Offender's Income

Nation and State ^ | 05/14/2023 | Tyler Durden

[metmom]

That's an attractive dynamic for a cash-strapped, migrant-smothered city like New York, which currently has $2 billion in civil fines that have gone unpaid since 2017.

Then garnish the *migrants" welfare checks and send them back home.

[sten]

Funny... the vast majority of horrible drivers don’t drive such vehicles.

But I guess that wouldn’t fit with your ‘evil rich drivers’ mindset

[combat_boots]

Stay away

[Lion Den Dan]

Some of the worst physical assaults, robberies, and thefts are committed by poor people. A month sitting in county jail is a vacation for them, and has no detrimental effect on their standing in the “community,” but can threaten the economic existence and social standing of the rest of us.

Hence: Longer jail sentences for poor people!...............

Jail and chain gang for all. Equal protection......

[SamAdams76]

...higher rates to apply only to those with incomes over $500,000...

It always starts like this. Once they get their foot in the door with variable fines based on income, it will not be long before working class Joe's with $50k incomes get the super-premium traffic tickets. Meanwhile, Pedro from south of the border driving a stolen Ford Festiva and collecting welfare and food stamps gets a warning with no fine at all. "Habla no ingles, amigo! Habla no dinero"

[JoJo354]

Yes...a ticket for speeding or any other traffic violation is suppose to hurt your pocketbook. That’s why you don’t speed or violate the laws. If you can get a smaller fine that doesn’t hurt your pocketbook...how often will you violate the traffic laws again?

[Roccus]

Well, there we go!

Just what America (NYC at least) needs,

to look and act more like EUROPE!

Bwahahahahahaha!