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GM to pay $900 million in ignition switch settlement; safety advocates call it a cop-out
« on: September 18, 2015, 10:05:20 am »
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Re: GM to pay $900 million in ignition switch settlement; safety advocates call it a cop-out
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2015, 10:40:08 am »
"Please don't charge me criminally...I'll pay...I'll pay whatever you want!!!"

Such horsesh!t.  I would have charged GM criminally, AND forced it to "work with an independent monitor for three years to review corporate policies that may have made it easier to cover up a flaw some say GM knew about long before it recalled 2.6 million affected cars"
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Re: GM to pay $900 million in ignition switch settlement; safety advocates call it a cop-out
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2015, 11:15:57 am »
Who receives this money ? Families of loved ones ? or is does this money simply go into the coffers of some government agency.

Clearly a decision was made to proceed with a faulty product and further not recall a knowingly faulty product that can and has caused deaths. I call that criminal negligence.

Low end cars sadly low end lives.

Wonder what the outcome would have been in almost any other business or product.
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