Tickets and court fines should be proportional to income, not flat amounts.

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A $300 speeding ticket could be life-ruining to a low income person, but most rich people wouldn't even bat an eye at that amount. This both causes lower income people to be punished far more severely for the same crimes, as well as allows rich people to break more laws since the consequences do not affect them. Similarly, if you commit a crime and have court fines imposed, they should also be proportional to your income or net worth. Getting slapped with a $2000 fine for a misdemeanor is nothing for a high income person, but could be life-ruining to a poor person. Plus, the increased fines would increase government revenue and could be used to fund courts, law enforcement, public safety, etc. Wealthy people should not just be able to drive and act how they want and not be punished. They can also afford quality attorneys and have many other means to get out of trouble that the rest of us do not.

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