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> Unless a few people end up in jail for this, nothing will change.

That's pretty much it. Does the govt come down on corporations for such acts? One rarely sees corporate honchos being jailed for such incidents. More often than not, it is a fine and then things move on to find and execute a different loophole.




> One rarely sees corporate honchos being jailed for such incidents.

... except when the corporate honcho refuses to do the government's bidding; in that case, his ass thrown into prison. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/30...




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