I'm reminded of when Walmart opened in a town near where I grew up. There was some local law they were in violation of and hadn't yet gotten around to fixing (w

I'm reminded of when Walmart opened in a town near where I grew up. There was some local law they were in violation of and hadn't yet gotten around to fixing (whatever it was, I forget). They were told "We will fine you X dollars per day that you are open and in violation". They said "Sounds good. Send us the bill each month and we'll pay it." They were just making so much money that it was more profitable to pay the fines and leave the problem as is than it was to fix the problem.