mozzaok wrote on Aug 26
th, 2008 at 2:48pm:
........... a fine should be dependant on the seriousness of the offence, not the wealth of the offender.
I have sympathy for what you are saying mozza, but ultimalety a fine should be a deterrent. A $400 fine is hardly that for someone who earns $1 000 000 a year.
mozzaok wrote on Aug 26
th, 2008 at 2:48pm:
A fair tax system is all that is required to have the wealthy contribute fairly.
I agree with you completely, but breaking the law puts them outside of their normal tax obligation. I'm sure your not saying that someone can be a crook as long as they are paying their fair share of tax.
mozzaok wrote on Aug 26
th, 2008 at 2:48pm:
I hardly think it fair that a guy who most probably has worked 80 hour plus weeks for decades, and contributed so greatly to the society should be punished for it, while the unemployed guy who has never worked, and never intends to, gets off for doing the same thing because he is poor, that is just wrong.
But he is not being punished for being successfull. On the contrary, he has been compensated for his hard work. He is being punished for breaking the law, and punished in such a way that the consequences are FELT. Also I never said that the unemployed or poor should get off. I would never suggest that.