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I love how instead of being mad at example #4012 about American companies profiting from fraudulent activity, you spend effort blaming the organization punishin
by whoknowsidont 2y ago
I love how instead of being mad at example #4012 about American companies profiting from fraudulent activity, you spend effort blaming the organization punishing them.
This is a _civil_ penalty and its the largest one to date for violating a previous order and agreement about Williams-Sonoma stopping fraudulent use of "Made in USA." More severe penalties would have ultimately required the matter to be handled directly by other government entities.
In fact the DOJ themselves could have handed out harsher penalties or pursued company executives for perjury.
The FTC did what they were able to do and instead of saying "it'd be better if the FTC had more authority and discretion in what punishes to give." you just throw snark at them and not at the political party that continually has made every government institution's teeth dull :^).
- nathanaldensr 2y agoThey're both to blame, which I'm sure GP would've clarified if you had asked them. Stop seeing in false dichotomies.
- rootusrootus 2y agoOnly about half of everyone believes both sides are bad. This puts the average somewhere in the correct direction, at least.
- bequanna 2y agoIf the FTC is this impotent and toothless, why do they even exist?