There’s another post on here where this woman talks about dating a rich guy and she was like “oh you can’t drink alcohol on a public sidewalk here” and he was like “Sure you can – it’s $500.” Like he’d done it often enough that he had the “price” memorized.
the word “privilege” comes from the Latin privilegium, meaning “private law,” or law granting one person or group benefits others don’t enjoy
I remember reading an article about Koch Industries that said they just budget in fines for violating environmental regulations and lawsuit settlements for damage and accidents caused by broken pipelines – it’s cheaper than installing cleaner, safer equipment.
Fines that aren’t adjusted to the means of the violator are worse than useless.
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