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Finnish businessman handed €121,000 speeding ticket (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 2 years ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] dressupgeekout@pawb.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I literally said "Woah" out loud when I read the part where this isn't the first time this guy has been fined on this scale for speeding. Totaling nearly 280k euros over the past 10 years! Seems like a perfectly fair price to pay for the obscenely wealthy -- we know just how exponentially much more money the richest have compared to everyone else.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

i definitely think you have a good policy on your hands when a rich guy is like "i hope all the money i've been fined can help patch a hole in the budget", lol

Wiklöf says he hopes the fine will be used positively.

“I have heard that they are going to save one and a half billion on healthcare in Finland, so I hope that the money can fill a gap there,” said Wiklöf.