Single Fire Hydrant Nets NYC $33,000 a Year

Re:Single Fire Hydrant Nets NYC $33,000 a Year by AnthonyMouse on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:09PM (#36621218)

Replace all fines (and most jail time) with community service, defined as something like "hours signed off by the director of any 501(c)(3)." Cut government programs that are now unnecessary because of all the community service.

The supply of community service hours is decentralized and 501(c)(3) organizations have limited input into law enforcement, so the government has less incentive to increase non-compliance to increase citations.

Also fun to see the entire C-suite of a company get 1000 hours of community service each instead of a fine paid by shareholders whose only mistake was hiring them.

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Re:Single Fire Hydrant Nets NYC $33,000 a Year by idiotsecant on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:19PM (#36671549)

If you wanted to try to design a system to let nepo-babies get out of any crime short of a felony with zero punishment it would be hard to imagine a system better than that.

I can form a 501c3 today, and as long as it doesn't funnel earnings to an individual (other than a very lavish salary) I could let people 'donate' their time at one of my community service parties, pay me a small fee, and issue a small donation to some local cause.

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