Fines for billionaires should START at $1 billion per count. Fines are meant to punish, not just be the price of doing business.
Also, significant prison time is the worst possible punishment for a billionaire. Imagine sitting in prison for years, while others are making financial decisions for your money and business, living in the luxury that you are paying for, while you sleep on a hard cot every night.
Musk reportedly travels with a security detail of 20+ people, which includes bodyguards, medics, advance scouts, etc. Going from that level of babysitting to alone in a jail cell is something I’d love to see.
Fines are meant to punish the middle and working class. The laws have been written by and for the wealthy to they can avoid meaningful punishment in all but the most egregious cases.
Fines for billionaires should START at $1 billion per count. Fines are meant to punish, not just be the price of doing business.
Also, significant prison time is the worst possible punishment for a billionaire. Imagine sitting in prison for years, while others are making financial decisions for your money and business, living in the luxury that you are paying for, while you sleep on a hard cot every night.
Musk reportedly travels with a security detail of 20+ people, which includes bodyguards, medics, advance scouts, etc. Going from that level of babysitting to alone in a jail cell is something I’d love to see.
Fines are meant to punish the middle and working class. The laws have been written by and for the wealthy to they can avoid meaningful punishment in all but the most egregious cases.