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Hit 'Em Where It Hurts

Chinese bosses could see salary cuts for water pollution

Posted at 3:47 PM on 27 Feb 2008

China is considering a law that would cut a head honcho's income by up to half if his or her company was found to be "directly responsible for causing severe water pollution incidents."

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Hang 'Em High


What happened to hanging?  

They did that twice with the execs who put psychotropic-based paint on the kids toys and poison in the pet foods.

What's the point of a dictatorship if you can't penalize heavily?!

Not that I'm disagreeing with you, Bailo...

(You know, for once.)

But that is awesome!  Here's hoping it passes.

Here's hoping they actually enforce it!



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