Comment by kennywinker

If I make $10/hour and you take $100 from me you’ve taken away 10 hours of my labour. If I make $600 an hour and you take $100 from me you’ve taken away 10min of my labour.

The $100 is equal but the impact is not. Fines are penalties, they don’t represent the cost of something - and a fixed fine is an un-equal penalty.

Your analogy makes some sense, but since wealth and contribution to society aren’t actually linked in reality - only in theory - I can’t get behind it. The wealthiest people in reality are parasites, not those who contribute the most. Owners not builders, CEOs not scientists, money managers not teachers.