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If you can make 200M and have a risk of paying 100M in the worst case you still make 100M more than you would without doing it. So it's basically calculated ris
by KJasper 11y ago
If you can make 200M and have a risk of paying 100M in the worst case you still make 100M more than you would without doing it. So it's basically calculated risk for these companies.
- redblacktree 11y agoSure, but you would still prefer to never pay the 100M.
- KJasper 11y agoofcourse and they won't. Companies never pay the initial fine...
- unprepare 11y agoNot more than you would prefer to make the 200MM and risk losing 100MM of it. again calculated risk, if theres even a chance that they walk away with all 200mm, and no chance that they end up with 0 or less, then it's worth pursuing.
- redblacktree 11y agoI'm trying to say that they would have preferred to not get caught.
- pyrocat 11y agoAnd therein lies the problem with most methods of government regulation. The worst that happens is usually a fine. Certain violations need to start carrying mandatory jail sentences.