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OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is sentenced, set to dissolve (apnews.com)

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 24 points 1 day ago

Are you purposefully not quoting the most enraging part?

Early in Tuesday’s hearing, Arleo asked lawyers why Sackler family members were being allowed to pay over 15 years. She was told it was because they had to sell other businesses to secure the cash. The judge offered a different reason. “They’d rather pay it from future money than pay it now,” she said.

It literally is the cost of doing business.