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  • plz1@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    So fines come with a requirement that a company can’t raise prices to recoup them?

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      11 months ago

      Do you think companies aren’t already pricing their products at the maximum they think the market can bear?

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          11 months ago

          Products are already priced at the point that will make them the most profits. That point doesn’t magically change when fines happen.

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          11 months ago

          This thinking was brought up to convince people not to hold companies accountable.

          Make it cost. And if the company refuses to correct the behavior they shouldn’t be allowed to operate. If there is no cost for bad behavior then said behavior becomes how you do business.

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            11 months ago

            I’m not an opponent of fines, I just think they have no deterrence other than getting caught. Negligence at this level of public harm needs to carry jail time for the executives responsible for it.