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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the income based fine is what is controversial here and not the fact that she is more than doubling the number of traffic cameras?  All in an effort to balance the budget.

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Yeah I do have a problem with this.  I also don’t think it will work.  And if she is going for equity it seems inequitable to [b]those who have to work in person versus those residents who can work from home.  They won’t get as many tickets.[/b]  I’m just going to keep pointing out inequities for each proposal she has because all of this is getting absurd.  Meanwhile there were ATVs speeding all over my neighborhood all evening last night.  I’m sure they’ll be real upset and stop speeding when they get all those tickets.  [/quote]

It seems inequitable to issue fines to people who speed and not issue fines to people who don't speed? Huh.

I have no problem whatsoever with income-based fines. They could be set to, for example, your daily pay rate. If you get paid $15 an hour, your fine is $60. If you get paid $150 an hour, your fine is $600. If you get paid $1,500 an hour, your fine is $6,000. Everyone is paying a fine that is worth four hours of their pay. [/quote]

Whose income is is based on? And what if you are a business owner that doesn't take a salary? Or you live off of investments and have no personal income? OR have so many tax loopholes that you look like you have no income to pay taxes on? Of it is your unemployed child or spouse who gets the ticket -- their income of yours even though you didn't speed? Or you are wealthy, but unemployed when you get the ticket so your income at the time is zero?[/quote]

Income-based fines are actually a thing, in other countries. Which means these implementation details are not impossible to deal with.[/quote]

Please do tell us how other places implement this.  Do their countries allow the DMV easy access to tax records?[/quote]

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