[dogsgobork]

If they do something illegal and don't get caught they win. If they get caught, but the fine is less than they made breaking the law, they win. If they have to pay back the same amount of money, but can pay it years later, they win. If the only punishment for bank robbery were paying the bank back if you got caught, we'd probably see a lot more bank robberies.

[FireBeyond]

> If the only punishment for bank robbery were paying the bank back if you got caught

... and on a schedule mostly convenient for you...

[polygamous_bat]

In the US corporations are people with some extra provisions for robberies.

[brandall10]

The Pinto Memo is a great exposition of this... $140M cost to retrofit a modification to the fuel system against a $50M "benefit to society" (ie. legal costs) saving 180 deaths and 180 serious injuries per annum.

[rqtwteye]

Same for US hospitals and health insurance. They constantly make “mistakes” in their favor and the worst thing that can happen is that they have to pay what they are required to pay anyways.