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by xbar 615 days ago
Fines are trivial.
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I find it less that the fines are trivial than it is fines are levied on the wrong entities. Consultants break the law--fine them personally. Police's officers abuse power--fine them personally. Bankers shirk regulation--fine them personally. Nothing will ever change if the people committing the acts aren't the ones punished.
It Usally costs more to process the fine internally then the nominal value of the fine