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We really have to stop letting wealthy people and corporations buy their way out of legal problems. Fines and settlements clearly don't stop bad behavior as ba
by spaetzleesser 6y ago
We really have to stop letting wealthy people and corporations buy their way out of legal problems. Fines and settlements clearly don't stop bad behavior as banks and polluters have been showing repeatedly. The whole thing feels like a protection racket where it's ok to do illegal stuff as long as the government gets its cut.
Either somebody has to go to jail or the fines have to be on a level that they lose all of their illicit profits and more. Not just a part as it is now.
- titzer 6y agoIMHO, If corporations are people, then corporations can go to jail.
- chrisweekly 6y ago^ THIS! So much this. Citizen's United is an abomination, but while it stands its tenets should at least be applied consistently. Also, there's a difference between capitalism and corporatism. I say that as the owner of a C-Corp.
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- deeeeplearning 6y agoNo we just need to completely get rid of all regulations and Corporations will totally stop doing nefarious things becuz of da market... They only do bad things now because those Commie Democrats put regulations on them. /s
- rhizome 6y ago"Disgorgement" is the word I think you're looking for.
- terr-dav 6y agoWe really shouldn’t let people become so wealthy that they can make public policy, whether it’s for profit or altruistic reasons.
- qppo 6y agoSeriously. This still leaves the door open for the next drug crisis to make a (literal) killing and get a slap on the wrist in ten years. What's next? I wouldn't be surprised if Pfizer started pushing Xanax and other benzodiazepines as a way to tie patients over while they wait the 2-6 weeks from talking to their PCP for a psychiatry referral and actually seeing a therapist.
- girvo 6y agoThe Benzo crisis is already here.