EF! Fined $1million in Idaho

[Bruce Scott TOK]

Steve Shook (esw at u.washington.edu) wrote:
: Don Staples wrote:
: > 
: > Bruce Scott TOK wrote:
: > 
: > > But you have to recognise the unequal situation.  If the lumber company
: > > were fined 1 million, it could simply pass it on to their customers the
: > > way they do their advertising costs.  You and I cannot do things that
: > > way.
: > 
: > Yeh, you can in the US, it is called bankrupcy, and cleans your slate
: > from all debt other than some tax.

: And your credit is pretty much ruined for the next 10 to 12 years.

Not to mention that this course can make you homeless.

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