Insurance for law breaking?
Crime doesn't pay. Meena Bazar does. Shoppers who get ticket for illegal parking on the sidewalk get the fined amount paid by Meena Bazar upon showing receipt. DS reported this strange arrangement back on October 2, 2005 (page 17). Six months on, the practice still continues.
Clearly something is not working. The purpose of a penalty or punishment is to make the offence a bad bargain to the offender. But those who sacrifice large social interest for small personal gain will more readily do so if someone else's money pays for it.
Are the fines so inadequate that big retailers find it profitable to bear it themselves in return of shoppers' business? Aren't they aiding and abetting law breakers?
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