> In an ideal world, the consumer protection agencies, etc would do their jobs. But they can't because of the revolving door syndrome, the industry lobbying, and so on.
The article mentions the possibility of criminal charges against the switch engineer, if someone kept digging there could very well be evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the oversight agencies as well. When people start going to jail real change will be effected. But who's going the champion the multi-year investigation without a multi-million dollar carrot?
There's been quite a string of front page posts the last week; mercury dumping in rivers, tainted generic drugs, faulty ignition switches. Perhaps thousands of cases of criminally negligent homicide and no charges filed in any case.
Cut off the criminal and civil routes for justice and I guess vigilantism is all that's left.
The article mentions the possibility of criminal charges against the switch engineer, if someone kept digging there could very well be evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the oversight agencies as well. When people start going to jail real change will be effected. But who's going the champion the multi-year investigation without a multi-million dollar carrot?
There's been quite a string of front page posts the last week; mercury dumping in rivers, tainted generic drugs, faulty ignition switches. Perhaps thousands of cases of criminally negligent homicide and no charges filed in any case.
Cut off the criminal and civil routes for justice and I guess vigilantism is all that's left.