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(2,315 posts)SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)can probably give you an exact figure...
The Ford Pinto horror PROVED that they actually weighed the cost of not doing anything vs payouts on death lawsuits.....
They look at it as simply a "Cost vs. Benefit" calculation and analysis.......
Unlike many other countries, the federal gov't merely fines the corporation with some token dollar penalty.
In a lot of other countries, they imprison the top management and in some, the even execute them if their actions were particularly horrific like in the case of the pinto.....
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)Please let us in America that care, know what we can do........
We are desperately in need of a Leader that can guide the Nation's People in this war against the Republicans and Corporations.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Canoe52
(2,944 posts)wnylib
(21,146 posts)He does us proud, not just NY, but the nation.
Glad to see that some real lesdership exists during this crisis.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)liberalmuse
(18,670 posts)Thank god for him.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)He is pretty much the closest thing we've got to a president right now.
sellitman
(11,596 posts)He would crush the Orange Anus.
hangaleft
(649 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 25, 2020, 11:19 AM - Edit history (1)
But I think hes off target here. Its imperative the economy re-open full tilt by Easter. I read that Trumps top money making businesses are losing $500,000/DAY. Thats unacceptable. So, a few hundred thousand people die. Weve got to get our priorities straight. Money trumps lives (pun very much intended).
Why wait until Easter? Lets re-open for business now!
Edited to add:
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)Explore your smilies, please and thank you.
hangaleft
(649 posts)I just didnt think a banner was necessary.
My apologies. Ill add one now.
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)My funny bone is not working as well as it use to and the COVID-19 and tRump are two things that I definitely don't find funny.
hangaleft
(649 posts)Use of sarcasm doesnt necessarily mean one is not taking the matter in question seriously. To the contrary, I often use sarcasm to underscore the severity of the situation.
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)Thank you for taking time to explain. I really appreciate your input.
hangaleft
(649 posts)You neednt reply. Just felt like sharing this if you havent seen it.
I didnt comment in the thread. But I should have.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213173428
Edit I decided to post after all...
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)Thanks for sharing!
pangaia
(24,324 posts)And his dad was... well MARIO Freakin' CUOMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nuff' said !!
Boomerproud
(7,888 posts)his father. Stay strong. The truth about trumps perfidy and incompetence will come out.
SilasSouleII
(357 posts)SWBTATTReg
(21,856 posts)And that everyone should immediately get out there and work work work and then buy buy buy!
This is the kind of true scuzzy a&& crowd rump hangs around with in real life, day in / day out.
A true scumbag, if you ask me.
If you want my opinion, we should all (besides needed items), withhold buying anything, and watch how prices go even lower. It'll only help us more.
It's amazing that they (business leaders etc.) never gripe and moan when prices keep going up (like they have been going) and that the markets, in going up and up, never gave the vast majority of us anything (majority of the gains went to the 1%ers). Oh, I know that there were a few who made money on 401Ks, etc., and hopefully they'll cashed out to protect themselves, being that this correction has been due for some time.
I expect soon we'll see rump lash out, order people to get back to work (don't, for health reasons), and if they don't, he'll order some sort of intervention or crap like that. Look at how he's treating the NY governor who desperately needs medical materials.