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Republican-controlled government is a wonderful thing. A new law was just passed that imposes a $500,000 fine for anyone using the "F" word on public radio. Even if a caller says it and the station lets it slip, still a $500,000 fine. Doesn't matter what audience the show is intended for, still a $500k fine.
Now, in a country that routinely spends $200 billion of taxpayer money building a bridge in Alaska that leads to nowhere, the meaning of $500k gets lost. So let's put this in perspective. In terms of severity, dollar-wise, here's what you can do with $500k in America today:
1. As an independent accounting/auditing firm, you can conceal improprieties and obstruct justice pertaining to a major publicly-traded company - aiding in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of jobs, lives, families, and retirements.
2. Defraud government housing programs by skimming relief funds to build yourself a multi-million dollar oceanfront mansion while hundreds of your tenants live in uninhabitable conditions without plumbing or electricity.
3. As a trans-continental shipping company, you can illegally dump unknown quantities of oil and waste into the ocean - and falsify your Oil Record Book to conceal it.
4. Accidentally allow a radio-show caller's "F-bomb" to slip past screeners on "Sex Talk" at 2am.
Now, in a country that routinely spends $200 billion of taxpayer money building a bridge in Alaska that leads to nowhere, the meaning of $500k gets lost. So let's put this in perspective. In terms of severity, dollar-wise, here's what you can do with $500k in America today:
1. As an independent accounting/auditing firm, you can conceal improprieties and obstruct justice pertaining to a major publicly-traded company - aiding in the destruction of hundreds of thousands of jobs, lives, families, and retirements.
2. Defraud government housing programs by skimming relief funds to build yourself a multi-million dollar oceanfront mansion while hundreds of your tenants live in uninhabitable conditions without plumbing or electricity.
3. As a trans-continental shipping company, you can illegally dump unknown quantities of oil and waste into the ocean - and falsify your Oil Record Book to conceal it.
4. Accidentally allow a radio-show caller's "F-bomb" to slip past screeners on "Sex Talk" at 2am.