IF they go into the general treasury of the relevant states, then you could say that in the long term it goes "evenly" to the taxpayers of those states.
This of course assumes some relationship between the amount of money a country has and how much it decides to tax, which I think is far from given. But in some sense $ in from fines = $ of taxes they don't "need" in the future.
> IF they go into the general treasury of the relevant states, then you could say that in the long term it goes "evenly" to the taxpayers of those states.
Obviously, you could say this, and I could certainly say I think it's a ridiculous claim.
I don't think it's too ridiculous. Sure, it's by no means the only determining factor of tax rates, but I find it hard to believe that tax rates are entirely independent of a government's bottom line. Thus, if this just goes straight to their bottom line, it will have some (small) effect on the future tax rates.
If you're just trolling due to my (potentially) incorrect use of the word "could" then carry on.
This of course assumes some relationship between the amount of money a country has and how much it decides to tax, which I think is far from given. But in some sense $ in from fines = $ of taxes they don't "need" in the future.