Re: Homemade licenseplate € 150.000,-- fine
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I think that this kind of fine is a very good solution (and: it was created at a time when in (Western-) Germany socialism was enemy No. One)
Why: this special fine because of his frogerty of the official decal should equal a fine of 55 days in prison (if he can’t pay the fine (or maybe don’t want to, I don’t know), he has to go to prison for 55 days. Probably nobody wants to build more prisons full of people spending some days, some weeks in prison. Prison should be for the really bad guys.
55 days in prison is bad for the rich and the poor (if you are not used to spend your whole live at this nice place ).
What other possibility we have to find a fine which is equal to everybody? 550€? 5500€ You and I would be angry for 55min, this guy would be angry for 55s while talking to someone of his staff to pay the money and a third poor person has trouble to pay his bills for 55 days. So equal money can’t be the equal alternative to send someone to prison.
(I don’t know if 55 days in prison the correct fine is when you manipulate/imitate an official seal/decal/document )
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Less years in prison because of manslaughter than for tax evasion is wrong. But manslaughter could happen in seconds (car accident) while heavy tax evasion needs a plan and execution for a very long time, this doesn’t happen by accident but on purpose
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Rummenigge:I don’t know what’s wrong with this fine. We have rules and laws. A guy like Rummenigge knows what he does. Leading a multi million € company with several deals all over the world should know that he has to pay tax if he imports expensive goods to the EU. We all know it if we import our cheap iPad/Nikon/Rolex from outside the EU. Follow the law and you don’t have trouble. And if you don’t like the law become an active politician and try to change it