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In reply to the discussion: Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all]hunter
(38,381 posts)When will we start restructuring our communities in such a way that automobiles are unnecessary?
That would be good for the environment, good for our health, and good for the human spirit.
For the working poor, unreliable automobiles and extortions like this are a great source of anxiety and stress.
As a temporary solution maybe we should make traffic and parking fines and impound fees proportional to a person's income.
Th ordinary working person driving a piece of shit car might pay ten dollars a day impound, the CEO driving a luxury car might pay ten thousand dollars a day. The ordinary person who's caught in a "rolling stop" at a stop sign might pay a fifty dollar fine, the CEO might pay a fifty thousand dollar fine.
It would be justice if the powerful people who make living in this society painful for so many of us were forced to suffer similar damages.