• Iunnrais@piefed.social
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    18 hours ago

    Then set the percentage based on the margin? Something that would genuinely hurt without simply dismantling the business, so there’s still something left to correct itself?

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      17 hours ago

      Creative accounting would just make the margin zero for the purposes of the calculation. It’s a lot harder to magic away total revenue

      Also the purpose of the fine is not intended to be a slap on the wrist, it’s intended to be a strong deterrent to ensure companies do everything they can to ensure the law is followed. Most companies won’t take the risk of skipping compliance on something that could wipe the business out

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        10 hours ago

        It’s always fun when you run into a neoliberal in the wild. They can condone a lot of things like mass incarceration, crippling poverty, corrupt Justice systems, and of course genocide. Hurting a business though? That they can’t imagine.

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          1 hour ago

          Now this, THIS is absurd hyperbole. When you have to make massive assumptions about someone to make your point, you don’t have a point - you’re just making shit up.