But we’re not talking about punishing the little people for minor crimes. We’re talking about antitrust laws, which is not something that affects mom and pop shops. Those laws are meant to protect all consumers and should absolutely be punished very harshly no matter who breaks them, otherwise it just makes it okay if you make up for it by milking the public enough to compensate for the fine.
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be punished harshly. I’m saying that different companies who break the same laws should face the same degree of punishment.
The proposed system has a variable degree of harshness which is either far too lenient or extremely harsh, depending on factors that shouldn’t be taken into consideration when deciding punishment.
But we’re not talking about punishing the little people for minor crimes. We’re talking about antitrust laws, which is not something that affects mom and pop shops. Those laws are meant to protect all consumers and should absolutely be punished very harshly no matter who breaks them, otherwise it just makes it okay if you make up for it by milking the public enough to compensate for the fine.
I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be punished harshly. I’m saying that different companies who break the same laws should face the same degree of punishment.
The proposed system has a variable degree of harshness which is either far too lenient or extremely harsh, depending on factors that shouldn’t be taken into consideration when deciding punishment.