Should fines be relative to what you earn?

Let's say you and I both commit the same parking offence. Yet you earn 5 times what I earn. Should your fine be 5 times more than mine?

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bijouxbroussard · F

I could see that. The same dollar amount translates to a different [b]penalty[/b]—rich have bail and freedom while the poor languish in prison awaiting trial —for the same offense.