No, there shouldn't, you are expanding "penalty" to include everything,
which is false.

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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:12
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
>
>
> My envy is toward the middle class - so there
> should be a "Middle-Class" price too.
>
> Jim
>
> /sarcasm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rad0" <rden25@MINDSPRING.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
>
>
> > rich people should pay more for everything they buy too,
> > there should be a rich-persons' price, and a normal price
> >
> > those damn rich people...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Herbert Graf" <mailinglist@FARCITE.NET>
> > To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> >
> >
> > > I agree, you should pay the same penalty. Now, is a $100 fine for
> someone
> > > who makes $20000/year the same penalty as a $100 fine for
> someone making
> > $1
> > > million/year? Of course not, $100 could mean the difference between
> eating
> > > and not eating for the person with the $20000/year salary, for the $1
> > > million/year salary person they won't even notice the $100. I
> hope this
> > sort
> > > of penalty formula comes to North America, maybe the rich would start
> > taking
> > > laws more seriously if a speeding ticket cost them $130000. TTYL
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dale Botkin
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 20:52
> > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > > > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bob Blick wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > I have to admit I don't follow the local police blotter reports
> from
> > > > > > Finland, so I don't know what the average speeding ticket is
> > > > there.  I do
> > > > >
> > > > > Hehe... It's based on your income. His ticket was over US $100K.
> > > >
> > > > That would piss me right off...  if I commit the same offense as Joe
> > > > Schmoe a block away, I should expect to pay the same penalty.  Some
> > brands
> > > > of "social justice" don't make any sense to me...  one more
> reason I'm
> > not
> > > > looking to emigrate to some "worker's paradise".
> > > >
> > > > Dale
> > > >
>
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