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2020-02-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

Boston Mulls Parking Fines Based On Income

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Posted by Raj 2020-02-27 09:41|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1780 views ] Top

1 From each according to his ability...

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-02-27 11:20|| 2020-02-27 11:20|| Front Page Top

2 If this is fair, what about voting rights proportional to income? The more you pay the more your vote counts? If punishment is proportional to income, why not privilege? Duh...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-02-27 11:36|| 2020-02-27 11:36|| Front Page Top

3 "I am introducing legislation on income-adjusting parking tickets so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket or putting food on their table," she wrote.

In Boston, the fine for an expired meter is $40. I got a parking ticket in town awhile back. It was $5.

Permit me to suggest the City of Boston has decided to use the lax habits of its citizenry as a money machine. Now it finds itself painted into a corner of its own making. The solution, as always, is an ever-more complicated rule set.

Posted by SteveS 2020-02-27 19:11|| 2020-02-27 19:11|| Front Page Top

4 "If your wipers are present and both headlights, tail lights, and rims, your fine is doubled"

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-27 19:29|| 2020-02-27 19:29|| Front Page Top

5 More votes for the Decent Folk!

Posted by Lex 2020-02-27 20:10|| 2020-02-27 20:10|| Front Page Top

6 [Meterperson O'Malley waddles up, swinging ~~nightstick~~ dildo, nonchalantly whistling and studiously ignoring broken tail light]

Posted by Ho Chi Obama8050 2020-02-27 20:34|| 2020-02-27 20:34|| Front Page Top

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