Originally Posted by
Troul
i haven't found the rationale for opposing that law being applied to all 50 states, but I'd be curious to read about the reasonings & not defaulting it to be linked to generating revenue & impeding citizens daily life.
If it’s a ticky tack first time offense and the officer gives you a warning, it’s about safety. If they give you a fine, it’s about revenue. The two groups that gain the most from the veto are cities that impose taxation by citation and auto manufacturers. According to the research paper, the California three strikes law flooded the prison and court system with new inmates, so to fund it they resorted to tacking all kinds of BS court fees on top of fines. An offense with with a $50 base fee becomes $300 and if you don’t pay within a month they add another $300. If you can’t pay that they send you to a for-profit jail at taxpayer expense, $75,000 per year. It truly is a system built to justify itself, using public safety as an excuse to shake down citizens through fines and taxes