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franchyesterday at 4:40 PM1 replyview on HN

The relevant comparison is fines vs. actual budget, not fines vs. some cherry-picked industry segment. EU general government spending (across 27 nations) in 2023 was around €8.4 trillion. €3.8B in fines is 0.045% of that, again, completely immaterial.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1379290/government-expen...


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wqaatwtyesterday at 11:47 PM

By that standard any actual tax or other income source that’s not at least 1-2% is immaterial and should be removed?