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Originally Posted by JimP
it doesn't matter. These days this is the new normal for corporate shake-downs. It'll cost VW millions to fight this bureaucracy. The EPA will assess the fines just below the level of what it'll take to fight it thereby ensuring they get their money.
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I'm in the shakedown camp also. I think the targets are picked by the amount cash shown on their balance sheet and the limited donations they gave to democratic party PAC's. Bill Clinton seemed to use a similar approach, except instead of the EPA, he used the DOJ anti-trust division. That's how it looks like it works to me anyway.