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paxyslast Tuesday at 1:48 PM3 repliesview on HN

These companies have demonstrated repeatedly that fines are just the cost of doing business. Doesn't matter if you charge them $1 million or $1 billion. They have still made significantly more than that from the crime.


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bauerdlast Tuesday at 2:04 PM

The sum absolutely does matter. All you’re saying is the fines are too low

maeillast Tuesday at 3:44 PM

That's.. quite the contradictory sentence.

account42last Tuesday at 2:57 PM

That's why fines should scale up geometrically with repeat offenses.