Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties after bulldozing wetland

Re:Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties a... by rdtwo on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:29PM (#20616879)

That was probably a smart move on the contractors part. They would have never been able to get permits for that stuff and it would have taken years. Filling in wetlands is almost always the right thing to do economically

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Re:Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties a... by Tiktaalik on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:05PM (#20617468)

Sure let's fuck over the habitat of migratory birds because it's "the right thing economically". Who cares the consequences?

What a psycho thing to think. Fuck off.

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Re:Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties a... by rdtwo on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:54PM (#20618152)

Incentives drive behaviors, this is true everywhere. If the fines are less than the benefits X odds of getting caught then the behaviors will continue. In this case they should have been forced to restore wetlands in place or forfeit the land. This minor fine is just the cost of doing business

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Re:Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties a... by adfm on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:08PM (#20617498)

This is why we can’t have nice things.

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Re:Vineyard of Silicon Valley VC hit with $4m in penalties a... by rdtwo on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:24PM (#20618526)

This is why we need government fines that are always greater than the benefits received from the violations

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