Peter Aitken wrote:

>> >>Make the fine commensurate with both the amount of the financial crime
>> >>*plus* a penalty based on income.
>> >>
>> >>> but some
>> >>> time in stripes scares nearly everybody.
>> >>
>> >>Prison isn't a deterrant. It never has been. People who commit crimes
>> >>do so with the belief that they're never get *caught*.
>> >
>> > her 'ill-gotten gains' were what, $50,000 bucks? a lot of people
>> > spill that on the way to work.
>>
>> Did you read the other sentences I wrote? I left the one that answered
> your
>> question a priori at the top of this post.
>>
>> But, you bring up a good point. Her illegal gain was $50K. How much is it
>> going to cost *the taxpayers* to put her in jail for a number of years?
> Now
>> who is really being punished?
>
> Do you think that an armed robber's prison term should be related to his
> "take?" Punishment is for the action, not the benefit gained.

And armed robbery is a violent crime. QED.

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