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by potato3732842 452 days ago
Just because it costs the government 10mil or whatever when they have an oopsie and kill someone doesn't mean anyone outside the .gov is actually seeing a cent. It's mostly overhead of cleanup, both physical and legal/process.

I bet the actual payouts to families are similar for normal deaths that don't result in a media spectacle and the court of public opinion being involved.