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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by fauigerzigerk on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:19AM (#17422978)
>Our government takes money through fines and taxes and uses it to build infrastructure and provide services.

Using fines to fund public services creates perverse incentives though, especially where the fines go directly to the agency that brings the case.

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Re:Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database wi... by geocar on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:30AM (#17423016)
Well, this certainly happens at small scales: Police who issue speeding tickets in the US to fund the police force; but it's not clear it happens at large scales.
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