Higher fines for celebs?

China plans to issue new policies to punish celebrities and rich people for having more children than the state family planning policy allows, according to a senior government official.

The move came as the government witnesses an increasing number of complaints from the public saying celebrities and rich people are having more children than ordinary people because they are not afraid of paying fines.

Most of those rich people are private business owners with high income and not affiliated with any government organization, said Mu Weiyong ,vice director of the family planning commission in China's northeast Liaoning province.

According to the state family planning policy, government workers will be published by the party and their administration if they have more than one child. But no effective measures have been invented to punish celebrities and the rich as most of them are not affiliated with government organizations.

The majority of those public figures and rich people are willing to pay fines, but do not wish to see their reputation imputed, according to Yu Xuejun,director of Department of Policy Law and Regulations under the National Population and Family Planning Commission. "Celebrities and rich people's honors should be abolished and government officials should be removed from their posts if they have more than one child. "

While, it sounds a great idea. If fines alone can't keep rich and celebrity people from having one child, it means the regulation is not effective. To the rich and famous, honors and awards mean a lot. The public disgracing(putting their names on a shame list) maybe make them think twice before they decide to have a second child.

In fact, I think, in every aspect of our life, the celebrity should be punished harder than ordinary people for violating the law. Ordinary folk look up to the rich and famous. Consciously or not, many learn from them. If celebrities have as many children as they want, some people may think that's the right thing to do, and follow suit. Celebrities have a special influence on society and should have greater responsibility. It is usually called" celebrity effect".

However, there is a tough question. If the government can't even track how much taxes celebrities pay or don't pay, how can it possibly find out how many children they have? After all, they can travel and own homes anywhere in the world. Moreover, how rich is rich and how famous is famous? How will the government decide?