Should the rich pay more for traffic tickets based on a sliding scale?

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46. What about qualifying for discounted rates instead?

For instance once you hve qualified for food stamps, that serves as qualification for other services such as student loan deferment and discount phones.

This concept can be extended up couple tiers rhrough the middle class - people can apply to be in a service tier at the Federal level and then any county can refer to that to assign the ticket amount. Participation could be voluntary, but it might be challenged by people who see it as the State trading a benefit for invasion of their financial privacy as opposed to provision of a benefit.

This system would also expand government with nice white collar jobs processing applications and regular tier checks. Also, perhaps more services could be attached to make it all about "public services" for everyone instead of "social services" that only the poor get.