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I'd like to know why they get these small slaps on the wrist too. $125 million for them is like a person with average wealth being fined $20.



JPMorgan's annual net income is about $30bn. $125 million is roughly 0.5%, which is equivalent to $500 fine for a person making $100k per year.

It's probably still a slap, but I'd say a pretty significant one.


Proportion of revenue is a bad measure for this reason - costs don't scale proportionally. The rent, food and utilities you're siphoning out of that 100k along with all the incidental costs on top of it don't really apply evenly as revenue increases. As someone making right around 100k I'd say that 500$ is a big enough penalty that I'll notice it but if it was a one-off (like this one was) then I'll shrug and eat it. For instance if I were getting my bathroom remodeled and wanted to install some nifty european shower head that's against code... I'd probably be alright with the 500$ surcharge.


Applying human measures to corporations is a bit of a stretch in any case.

That being said, as a government you want to milk this cow, not slaughter it.




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