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0 pointsGibbon17y ago0 comments

I thought long and hard about that one and decided that fines should be remitted to the social security administration and booked against the perps account as a contribution.

As far as I can tell this is extremely easy to implement. And utterly removes any mal-incentives.

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maym867y ago

It means the fine could have less of a deterrant effect on anyone who can afford it as they can frame it as money they'll get back in the long run. Why not speed if your ticket counts towards your retirement.

Having a inbuilt social good for breaking the law might make people more willing to do so as they can justify their illegal action as a contribution to public good.

zipwitch7y ago

Fines also need to be proportional to income, or you're (potentially) doing far more harm than intended or neccessary to the poorest violators, and failing to deter the wealthier ones.

Gibbon1OP7y ago

You already have the problem that small fines aren't much of a deterrent effect on wealthy people. Though one might be surprised how butthurt well to do people can be over trivial amounts of money.

A mitigating thing is monthly SS insurance benefits max out.

maym867y ago

Speed until you max out your social security benefit is a crazy incentive.

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slededit7y ago

That way if I want to contribute more than the maximum to my 401k I can use this as a workaround. And drive super fast too!

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0 pointsGibbon17y ago0 comments

I thought long and hard about that one and decided that fines should be remitted to the social security administration and booked against the perps account as a contribution.

As far as I can tell this is extremely easy to implement. And utterly removes any mal-incentives.

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maym867y ago

Having a inbuilt social good for breaking the law might make people more willing to do so as they can justify their illegal action as a contribution to public good.

zipwitch7y ago

Fines also need to be proportional to income, or you're (potentially) doing far more harm than intended or neccessary to the poorest violators, and failing to deter the wealthier ones.

Gibbon1OP7y ago

You already have the problem that small fines aren't much of a deterrent effect on wealthy people. Though one might be surprised how butthurt well to do people can be over trivial amounts of money.

A mitigating thing is monthly SS insurance benefits max out.

maym867y ago

Speed until you max out your social security benefit is a crazy incentive.

1 more reply

slededit7y ago

That way if I want to contribute more than the maximum to my 401k I can use this as a workaround. And drive super fast too!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse