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I thought we established they received a non-zero dollar fine. Their annual profit is about $13BN, they were fined $2.8BN which is about 22%. I think that alon
by monkeynotes 8y ago
I thought we established they received a non-zero dollar fine.
Their annual profit is about $13BN, they were fined $2.8BN which is about 22%. I think that along with imprisoning an exec that was complicit in the lie is a significant and reasonable deterrent/punishment.
As for VW significantly increasing the likelihood of any given arbitrary citizen getting cancer I'd love to see the numbers on that. Sounds like hyperbole to me[0]
[0] http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/14/diesel-fumes-definitely-cause-cancer-should-we-be-worried/ http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/14/diesel-fu...