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by FirmwareBurner 1042 days ago
With that logic we should never prosecute corporations doing nefarious things, because that might hurt their profits which will hurt those who's retirement funds depend on said $EVIL_CORP.

"Go ahead BP and VW, keep polluting the world, we're not gonna touch you because we don't want your shares to go down and in turn the retirement funds of those tied to you."

Am I the one seeing the slippery slope here, or am I being crazy?
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predictabl3 1041 days ago
No, you're not. This whole subthread is sycophantic.
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gruez 1041 days ago
> With that logic we should never prosecute corporations doing nefarious things, because that might hurt their profits which will hurt those who's retirement funds depend on said $EVIL_CORP.

Nobody claims this. My initial comment was only pointing out that the claim that nobody will be harmed by the windfall tax was false.

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