DC giving 50 percent discount on traffic tickets to bad drivers, so long as they're poor

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Anonymous wrote:I applaud this heartily. Fines are regressive taxes - they are practically nothing for the wealthy but can become a spiraling burden for the poor.

Regressive taxes are bad.

EXACTLY! This is not a hard concept people.

+1

Why have more severe punishments for poor people?

OP is an elitist dickhead.

It's the same fine. It is not more severe. In fact, it has the same level of severity.

It is absolutely more severe, you dumb ass.

Just because you are too dumb to comprehend that doesn’t make it any less true.

It is not more severe. The amount is the exact same. Just because you don't want to admit that doesn't make it untrue. Your behavior is truly laughable, childish and Trumpian.

$100 to most affluent people is nothing. Even $1000.

It is a very severe penalty who don’t have that laying around.

Like I said, you’re too dumb to understand that, elitist dickhead.

Of course. That traditional elitist thought that all people should be equal under the law.

For someone that likes to cast aspersions on people's intellectual capacity you seem to have a hard time with basic vocabulary.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of people here eager to shake their fist at the monopoly man, but this proposal has nothing to do with rich people. It would slash penalties for more than one quarter of all drivers in DC. Good luck out there cyclists and pedestrians! You're the big losers here.

Far more than a quarter of drivers will qualify for this. The unemployment rate in DC is about to skyrocket. DC government expects 40,000 DC residents to lose their jobs as part of Trump layoffs.

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So equal protection under the law is out the window?

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

This is extremely melodramatic. You’re not being treated unfairly if someone who makes less money gets a discounted ticket. Are you also being treated unfairly because people who make less money pay lower taxes?

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

Since you seem to think this provides some great advantage…how about you change places with one of the low-income people who received a ticket.

That seems like the only fair solution here.

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

Since you seem to think this provides some great advantage…how about you change places with one of the low-income people who received a ticket.

That seems like the only fair solution here.

Are you suggesting that ticketing is random and your actions have no impact on whether you receive a ticket?

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

This is extremely melodramatic. You’re not being treated unfairly if someone who makes less money gets a discounted ticket. Are you also being treated unfairly because people who make less money pay lower taxes?

They pay more taxes because they often lack the deductions that are available to the more affluent. Where did you get your education? DCPSs?

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Dumb question, why don’t people just follow the law?

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If you're offended by the rich buying their way out of legal problems, then you should equally be offended that these scofflaws are getting a huge break for no other reason than their low wealth. We aren't talking minor infractions here, either. These are serious crimes that could have killed people.

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Anonymous wrote:If someone who makes $40,000 is driving 55 mph in a 20 mph zone, I guess I'm not really focused about the possibility of *their* life being wrecked.

+1. Our lawmakers always seem to care more about the impact on criminals and not the victims.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're offended by the rich buying their way out of legal problems, then you should equally be offended that these scofflaws are getting a huge break for no other reason than their low wealth. We aren't talking minor infractions here, either. These are serious crimes that could have killed people.

Sure. So let’s make sure everyone is punished equally. Sliding scale for tickets is the only fair thing here.

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

Imagine the white privilege necessary to write that.

Breathtaking.

[Anonymous]

This infatuation with a separate system of criminal laws is why so many CVS/Walgreens have closed. And the ones that have remained open require an attendant to purchase anything of value.

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Anonymous wrote:This infatuation with a separate system of criminal laws is why so many CVS/Walgreens have closed. And the ones that have remained open require an attendant to purchase anything of value.

Total and utter BS. There is no separate system.

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Anonymous wrote:So equal protection under the law is out the window?

Since you seem to think this provides some great advantage…how about you change places with one of the low-income people who received a ticket.

That seems like the only fair solution here.

Are you suggesting that ticketing is random and your actions have no impact on whether you receive a ticket?

Life is random and you might be born into poverty. Or you might be born into elitist asshat village.

If you are so mad about making regressive penalties a little less regressive then you should switch spots with the people who you detest so much.