PORSCHE #2 ?

[Terry]

Since when do socialists or populists drive Porsches? Face it, you're in the upper crust, or at least that is the unavoidable perception of  most people. But on the point of the story, varying fines for the same conduct based on wealth, or any other exogenous factors, are inherently unfair. Do I put more people at risk, or harm the environment, if I'm better off?.  If one of us is unemployed and,in a drunken rage over his place in society, drives 120 mph through the neighborhood, should his penalty be less because he has less? Of course not  I guess there is a point where fines are meaningless (remember smoking dope on the street in Ann Arbor was like a $10. fine?) but traffic fines in this country are significant to all. And the threat of loss of license is as serious to the rich as the poor unless you think that they can just rely on their chauffeurs.

     If you're planning on sticking it to the rich (and that is the national plan), just be honest and call it that.