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		dahfizz on June 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Walmart Pleads Guilty After a Decade of Bribes That's roughly ~3.5% of their income. If I took 3.5% of your income, you would be much more than minorly annoyed. You can make the argument that 3.5% isn't high enough, but it's not nothing.

rahimnathwani on June 21, 2019 [–]

The fine covers 10 years of activity.

Your 3.5% uses 3 months of income as the denominator.

I haven't looked up Walmart's past income, but there are 40 quarters in 10 years, so it's possible they've been fined <0.1% of their income (3.5% / 40).

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