In the vein of “a fine means it’s legal for rich people” and “fines are calculated into corporate expenses”, we know we need to get rid of flat fees, and I offer the following suggestion for a way to calculate scaling fines for corporations who break laws and regulations:
The fine costs what it would have cost the corporation to engage in compliance with the rules (or to phrase it it another way, it takes away what they saved by skimping and cutting corners), plus 5%, thereby taking away the profit motive.
(And if they’re ever too eager to pay up, that’s a red flag and it’s time to call in the investigators, because they’re still turning a profit somehow…)
Co-signed.
OK, but additionally, every subsequent time they get caught breaking the same rule, the fine is doubled from what it was the previous time.
yes, even if this would be more money than the company actually has. that’s the point.
did carrie underwood effectively utilize girl power when she dug her key into the side of her bf’s pretty little souped up four wheel drive, carved her name into its leather seats, took a louisville slugger to both headlights and slashed a hole in all four tires? discuss
yes because this song was 90% of what convinced my mom to divorce my dad.
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