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		nullindividual on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud charge st... There must be some standard calculation going into that number. US law forbids proportional fines (i.e., scaling with income).

banish-m4 on July 10, 2024 | [–]

The medical industry uses QALY.

anticensor on July 9, 2024 | [–]

Not really, they are allowed as long as they have an upper and lower limit in absolute amounts.

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