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Fine companies to fund bridges.



That sounds like a great slogan, but you really don't want a justice system that's has an additional mandate to collect revenue. It's basically civil forfeiture all over again


Isn't that...taxation? Seems alright to me!


fines ≠ taxes


The justice department does have a mandate to punish those that do not pay their taxes....




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