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[โ€“] OshaqHennessey@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So, pass a ban that only applies to poor people and let the rich continue to do whatever they want still since they can afford the fine?

[โ€“] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There are ways to make fines hurt everyone, see how Finnish people handle speeding tickets

Itโ€™s a percentage of your income ๐Ÿ˜€

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You can have an income- and wealth-dependent fine.

It could be as a % of your total income (bonus included) + wealth (including stocks, full ownership chain included).

1.5% of income, 5% of wealth in bank account, 10% of stock value. If any of these three exceeds 300x the median of the lowest 10%'s salary (let's say that that's 10k), then it's 80% for all three. That would hit the ultra-wealthy more and so it'd be fairer.

For a poor person earning less than โ‚ฌ10,000 a year and having โ‚ฌ1,000 in bank and no stocks, that'd be โ‚ฌ200.

For someone earning โ‚ฌ40,000 a year, having โ‚ฌ80,000 in bank and โ‚ฌ10,000 in stocks, that'd be โ‚ฌ5,600.

For a billionnaire who has 1 billion, let's say โ‚ฌ2,000,000 per year as "income", โ‚ฌ100,000,000 in "bank account", and the rest of 1 billion in stocks. Then they'd be paying โ‚ฌ 801.6 million.