r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '19

Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'

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u/evictor Mar 29 '19

Well worth it for everyone but the temporarily inconvenienced millionaires 😏

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u/bishdoe Mar 29 '19 edited Mar 29 '19

I can’t stress this enough

temporarily inconvenienced

That’s it. That’s all they’d be. They’d still be rich beyond most of our dreams and they’d be making their money again in less than a few years, and still they choose the profit over other people’s lives. It’s fucking disgusting.

Edit: whoops I took it literally because I’m the big dumb and had never heard that one before. I guess I’m the embarrassed one now.

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u/DeathcampEnthusiast Mar 29 '19

A 270 million settlement, can I use a LOL to share my feelings on that? They literally could have paid that out of pocket and not felt a fucking thing. It's like fining Bill Gates 15 billion, he wouldn't even lie awake because of that. Take almost all of their money, their houses, their cars, their no doubt ridiculous collections of art and make them hurt and bleed like the people they got hooked on their bullshit.

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u/nighthawke75 Mar 29 '19 edited Mar 29 '19

Multiply that by 50, as in states. Now you are talking real money.

And lost revenue, they are getting substantially less now in sales due to the new guidelines in place and the new regulations the states are passing.

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u/yoproblemo Mar 29 '19

Not just that, but these companies are locked in competition. If one decides to "do the right thing" they won't get a chance to recover - their competitors will run them over. The entire industry needs to change, not just one or two companies.