Submitted by nacorom t3_z8ef1p in technology
ArcturusTheRed t1_iybxwh9 wrote
Reply to comment by ptd163 in US judge orders Amazon to ‘cease and desist’ anti-union retaliation by nacorom
I think this sounds great in theory, but tricky in execution. How do you calculate the amount of illegal revenue gained by union busting, or anti-trust activity? I imagine you could get 100 experts to try and figure it out and they’d each have a different number.
Moon_Atomizer t1_iyciiib wrote
Just calculate it the same way companies calculate damages for downloading music. If downloading an album is a $2 million fine for us poors then imagine how much more money actually ruining people's lives should be worth
FrankInHisTank t1_iycrs4y wrote
Oh people’s lives don’t matter. Only shareholder dividends.
tomtom5858 t1_iye15td wrote
Yeah, but if they're suddenly losing those dividends to fines, they'll get unhappy in a real hurry.
wasdninja t1_iycjmot wrote
Lots of things are tricky but that doesn't stop us from giving it a good try anyway. As long as the punishments aren't too low its way better than the pathetic shit in place right now.
Gurgiwurgi t1_iyd7vm1 wrote
You don't. You say, "you broke the law from x to y dates. We're seizing your gross revenue from that period."
themedleb t1_iyddu0j wrote
Why not take the average of that those numbers.
ArcticSphinx t1_iydksnb wrote
I was thinking a government (or third-party) audit at the company's expense. Ideally, it would also open up opportunities to catch any tax/reporting irregularities that the IRS might be interested in.
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