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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
And again, this "laws must pay for themselves" is not a valid position. I've never heard of any requirement that the fees generated by a law must pay for enforcement.
Should the costs of maintaining traffic lights be paid back by tickets for running a red light? Should the fines for DUI cover the costs of police overtime and breathalyzers? Should the penalties for cheating on your taxes pay for the hours of the IRS auditors? If my neighbor is making too much noise, should the police hand my neighbor a bill every time they show up? No, no, no, no.
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DUI (according to my GF's brother, who's a cop) is one of the only things that pays for itself. They even have awards for the cops that arrest the most people for DUI, because unlike almost any other law, it generates a lot of money for a lot of different areas (DMV, Courts, treatment programs, etc.).