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[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 60 points 8 months ago (28 children)

Just looked what it would cost if you get caught doing that here in the Netherlands, answer: 159 euros. Good, but should be higher.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 8 months ago (27 children)

As all fines, it should be income adjusted. I wanna see a 5000€ fine when some rich asshole does this.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (13 children)

Yeah. It’s kind of ignorant to expect the same fine for say a disabled person unable to work who scrapes by on 900 euros a month vs a super wealthy person on 500k euros a year.

Fines shouldn’t really exist anyways. When for one person they’re a random expense that doesn’t even bat an eye vs for another person it means no food for a week.

Even progressive fines are unfair. In that for someone who barely affords food every week losing 2% of your monthly income is devastating. While for a rich person they won’t even notice losing 2% of their income.

[–] copd@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

The rich stay rich by not spending money. They'll be devastated losing 2% of their income on a fine.

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