The difference is that if you were to be held in contempt of court, your fine would probably be higher than something like 0.01% of your annual earnings.
>The difference is that if you were to be held in contempt of court, your fine would probably be higher than something like 0.01% of your annual earnings.
Fines are not based ad hoc on how much you're able to pay. They're standard and the enforcer can't make you pay more - that would be terrible.
> Fines are not based ad hoc on how much you're able to pay. They're standard and the enforcer can't make you pay more - that would be terrible.
In socialist dictatorship like…check notes… Finland and Switzerland, they are. Those countries are indeed notorious for being terrible places to live… /s
> Can you imagine a low wage earning getting away with stuff because they can't pay?
But somehow this is OK if that's rich people getting away with it…
(Sarcasm aside, nobody prevents the legislator to ad a floor to the fine, to avoid this exact issues, and unsurprisingly that's what the aforementioned countries do)
andsoitis|2 years ago
Fines are not based ad hoc on how much you're able to pay. They're standard and the enforcer can't make you pay more - that would be terrible.
littlestymaar|2 years ago
In socialist dictatorship like…check notes… Finland and Switzerland, they are. Those countries are indeed notorious for being terrible places to live… /s
(Well, I'm sure the multi-millionaires getting a €120k speeding tickets hated it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/finnish-busine...)
> Can you imagine a low wage earning getting away with stuff because they can't pay?
But somehow this is OK if that's rich people getting away with it…
(Sarcasm aside, nobody prevents the legislator to ad a floor to the fine, to avoid this exact issues, and unsurprisingly that's what the aforementioned countries do)
mandmandam|2 years ago
Lots of countries run fines exactly this way, and it's not terrible at all... Finland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark etc.
Kinda seems like you feel the concept of equality is unfair. Lol.