[Karunamon]

I can accept that, but then we're left right back where we started.

Income based fines would be (rightly) struck down based on the equal protection clause to the constitution. They might even survive introduction to state legislation, but the moment someone with the resources contests it, it'll fall.

Not having the fines is not tenable, seeing as how it's the only way the law has any teeth.

Between a rock and a hard place. And seeing as how these laws are generally to society's benefit, just dropping them isn't valid either.

[zbyte64]

If the fine is an equal percentage for all, one could make a compelling constitutional argument that it applies equally to all. The same argument has been made against progressive tax and have been ruled without merit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_constitutional_a...

[lg]

community service?