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> If they could have fired 1 employee and collected a bit of extra profit they would already have done so.

But they couldn't pay workers less or decrease workforce, because they needed those workers to execute the unethical business plan. They weren't waiting for a fine to cut workers, they were waiting for the cash cow to stop producing milk to cut workers who were necessary to keep the cash cow going.




That's a completely different argument, and a worse one at that.




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