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It depends on how much they donated to the political process. If you donate enough to the system you can have a directly killing feature on a vehicle only cost
by Agustus 11y ago
It depends on how much they donated to the political process. If you donate enough to the system you can have a directly killing feature on a vehicle only cost you $900 million to go away, but it will cost you $157 million in political contributions. Another company has a feature that possibly could kill users who misapply brakes get fined $1.2 billion, but it will cost you $62 million. Volkswagen's $17 million contribution leads to a $18 billion fine for an item that may have an impact on deaths.
Based on this, you can develop Agustus' Contribution to Fine Equation:
Fine = 2E+20*(Political Contribution)^(-1.398)
Charted: http://i.imgur.com/6tPySYs.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6tPySYs.jpg
Open Secret:
1. Volkswagen: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000042113&cycle=A https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000042113&c...
2. Toyota: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000030495&cycle=A https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000030495&c...
3. General Motors: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000155&cycle=A https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000155&c...