Comments on: Politics Summary: Friday, September 18th https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/politics-summary-friday-september-18th/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: modernity https://leftfootforward.org/2009/09/politics-summary-friday-september-18th/#comment-273 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:26:49 +0000 https://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1125#comment-273 The Trafigura case, which will probably result in a payment (and I’m guessing) of about $100 million, shows how companies are treated compared to that of individuals.

That’s one quarter of their previous year’s profit, that and a slap on the wrist.

If an individual had caused such damage they’d be locked up for 10-15 years at the minimum, but Trafigura will get off by paying a comparatively small amount, shug their shoulders and keep on doing what they do, without a care in the world.

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