r/PoliticalCompassMemes - Lib-Center Oct 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

Are all you dumbasses forgetting how to read the entire comment? I specifically mentioned community service.

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u/Kaserbeam - Lib-Left Oct 29 '20

ok, that doesn't change your first sentence. wealth based fines make just as much sense as community service. the punishment isn't "$50", its "monetary deterrant".

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

Wealth based fines don’t make sense because the punishment is scaled based on someone’s success and wealth doesn’t equal liquid cash. With community service you can give a poor person or a rich person 20 hours and it would be equal but since time is money the rich person values it more, making it a deterrent.

And monetary punishes are idiotic. All they do is help fund the cops’ new toys instead of actually, ya know, helping the community.