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Originally Posted by MAD
Income tested fines then?
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Would probably not be a bad idea, but probably too hard to administer.
I guess a $300 fine to someone earning $400 per week would be a lot more devastating than the same fine for someone earning $3000 per week. But then again may be the person earning $400 lives at home with no expenses and just spends $400 on drugs and alcohol anyway, while the guy earning $3000, has a wife at home with 5 kids to feed and a huge mortgage and car loans to pay off, and is already struggling, so nothing is black and white.
On another point is there any point in fining people on welfare or those that have chosen the dole as a career choice?? As they are not actually paying the fine, they just head to Centrelink and pay it off at $2 per week using our tax money
But I guess thats another topic all together
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