Okay, but that's still not a "deeper cut" than the single parent living paycheck to paycheck getting a fine that puts them on the street.
Until fines are proportional to wealth, laws only apply to the poor. The rich can pay for an indulgence.
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Borg Sphere - best ship.
"Your honor, it's a well-known fact that my defendant is illiterate. He trusted these snakes to read the documents to him, and then he would sign. They clearly misrepresented the contents verbally."
Headlines: Trump Avoids Prison Time Based On "Illiterate Moron" Defense
A big enough fine can cut the rich even harder than it can the poor.
I guess, in theory, but I've never seen that happen. And even if you did take more from them, it's only a "deeper cut" in the sense that they fell further to get to broke.
A $10k fine might be more than a poor person's entire net worth, forcing them into homelessness or extreme poverty.
I've never seen a billionaire forced to pay over 100% of their net worth in fines. Hell, I don't think I've ever seen a fine over $1B, except by a corporation.
Billionaires only go broke when they mismanage their own money. Jail time isn't even as big a threat if they are young, as they could well have more money when they come out, where any other Joe Schmo would come out broke and with limited job prospects.
As an Idahoan, I'm just overjoyed that Larry Craig is still being referenced after all this time.
It's just nice to be in the conversation occasionally.
Not paying is contempt of court
Yeah, but so was violating the gag order.
If he isn't jailed on a third strike, I'm done following this.
I decided a while ago that if I was a captain, my warp phrase would be Captain Tenneal's "Let's Go!" from MXC.
Just posting this comment to call "dibs!"
Weird... I remember thinking Eisenhower was on the dime, too.
Mandela effect?
Human life?! Who's gonna protect our profits?!
If you wrote these lines into Star Trek and had Ferengi say them, people would laugh at how over the top they are. But we have real people saying it here. It doesn't even leave room for satire.
Now we know why he was so popular on the raisin farm.
Sorry, I wasn't saying you were wrong about the reskin joke for Weyoun/Hat Cop. I was just making a joke about Andoria being an ice planet.
I don't know what their goals were, or what else this deal includes, but I honestly hope that's not "it".
25% raise over 4.5 years is about 5.6% annually. That's still less than inflation most years recently. Hope they also got other improvements to benefits or working conditions.