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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
We should make this a starting point for ridding the country of all this corruption from the top to the bottom and everywhere in between. No more lobbies, no more earmarks, no more quid pro quo, none of it!
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HA!! Man, I WISH.....The work and concensus necessary for that to happen boggles the mind. Never give up the fight, though -- and I'm right there with you.
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Originally Posted by a_Username
One example would be that many say that Toyota should be fined more than the $16 million, however the law stated that this was the maximum fine and no more could be charged. It was said that $18 Billion should have been the correct amount.
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Ah -- that's where I missed it. They didn't really "use" the law in that case...it just benefited them...a misunderstanding on my part.
A note on this highlight, though -- that law must be decades old. Back when a dollar had a greater impact...intended to prevent the gov't from fining a company into bankruptcy, but that limit is outdated.