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2005-01-14 Britain

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Posted by tipper 2005-01-14 9:03:12 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How progressive. Of course, the current fine amounts will be the low end, but it's not about revenue, really lol! I can see it now, rich titled folks coming to court in sack cloth and ashes pleading they may live a wealthy lifestyle, but they are in debt up to their eyeballs...

Posted by .com 2005-01-14 10:28:33 AM|| 2005-01-14 10:28:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Good pick-up tipper, I read this last evening in the U.K. Telegraph and readily calked it up to lunacy.

Let's review the logic: someone who commits the same offense as a lower earning person will pay more -- obviously the more well endowed are more culpible?

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-14 11:01:48 AM|| 2005-01-14 11:01:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Kind of a sliding scale for socialists?

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-14 11:03:45 AM|| 2005-01-14 11:03:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 So... a heroin dealer making n Â£k per week but claiming dole will pay ... Â£10? A middle aged mother of three with a decent salary but a mortgage and bills to pay has to cough up ... Â£500 for the same offence? Yeah, that's justice to the Left.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-01-14 12:30:22 PM|| 2005-01-14 12:30:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 At least you're not in Finland:

6 Figure Speeding Ticket

Posted by SC88 2005-01-14 10:41:18 PM|| 2005-01-14 10:41:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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