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> 131b revenue in 2015. So, at 1.3m, a 0.001% fine, aka half a minute of revenue.

It's interesting to look at it in political terms. A modern presidential campaign costs about a billion, i.e. less than one day per election. That's $7.50 for each voter in the last election, or likely more than $750 for each "undecided" voter in a competitive state.

And then you learn that lesser politicians provide as much as 40x returns...

    http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1667009


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