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> Why not fine GSK out of existence any time someone dies from a mislabelled allergen? Funny, this is essentially what happens with tobacco taxes. Cigarettes a
by mbesto 3y ago
> Why not fine GSK out of existence any time someone dies from a mislabelled allergen?
Funny, this is essentially what happens with tobacco taxes. Cigarettes are prohibitively expensive and thus have caused that industry to falter in the US.
- robertlagrant 3y agoThat's definitely not the same. Taxes aren't fines. Taxes may be market-destroying, if there's enough political will to make it happen, as with cigarettes, but they aren't capricious.
- jacquesm 3y agoFines aren't capricious either.
- robertlagrant 3y agoI think they are to some extent, or these giant ones are. They look a lot more like "take advantage of local sentiment" or "make an example of this one" than taxes, which are applied uniformly.
- mbesto 3y ago> Taxes aren't fines. Technically, you're correct they aren't, but how realistically are they are any different? In both cases the government profits from a corporation's behavior.