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Please help me understand your logic.  If I am ticketed for speeding, I should receive a fine.  If you are ticketed for the same violation, you should receive a fine.  All good on that logic?  [b]Now if I make $100K a year and get a fine of $1000 and you make $50K a year and pay $500 for the same exact traffic violation, is that fair?
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BTW, the District of Columbia’s Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 was ridiculous at best.  Even President Biden said he would veto DC's crime bill.

According to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, carjackings in the District have increased by 76% compared to this time last year. Total property crime is up 24%. And homicides are up 17%.  In fact, D.C. is currently on track to have the most homicides since 1995.

The D.C. Council’s legislation eliminates almost all of the mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for violent crimes while drastically reducing the maximum penalties allowable to the courts.

BUT, the DC Counsel is considering a sliding scale of fines (based on Income/wealth) for simple speeding tickets caught on city cameras?  At the same time DC is saying (basically) take it easy on the really bad guys?  I just don't understand...

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If you get a fine that's 1% of your income, and I get a fine that's 1% of my income for the exact same violation, then yes, that's fair.

If I get a fine that's 1% of my income, and you get a fine for the exact same violation that's only 0.5% of your income, is that fair? [/quote]

No.  It is not fair.  If you break the law, you get a fine for minor violations or misdemeanors.  Obviously, fines and jail time go up for felony convictions.  The law should be blind on all accounts. Same fines for all and same jail sentences to those who commit equal crimes.

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They are the same fines: 1% of the person's income.[/quote]

How would the DMV get information on the person's income?  [/quote]

By requiring the person to provide it, with documentation. How does the DMV get information on a person's identity?[/quote]

This is crazy. People who work at the DMV are not friggin accountants. [/quote]

Right, they are people who check required documents to make sure the documents provide the information that is required. Nobody is asking them to be accountants.[/quote]

And yet they are — that’s the problem. Determining someone’s income is hard. People have complicated situations. It’s hard for the IRS. It will be impossible for the DMV. [/quote]

Imagine have a negative income in the millions, like say a certain ex-President. Are you going to challenge his stated income? Are you going to charge him $0 for a speeding ticket?[/quote]

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