Libertarians think Fiction is Reality.

[Dustlawyer]

31. You bet your ass! People have no idea what that kind of money, coupled with amoral business

decisions, can do. They view themselves as virtually above the law. They let a few low to mid level employees be sacrificial lambs and pay a fine when they get caught. The trouble is that usually cutting corners pays off big time, enough to more than cover the few times the odds catch up with them. When that happens they use their influence to reduce the damages they must pay, get their politicians to run interference, and budget for the spin/propaganda.
BP has confidentially bought up every documentary made on the Gulf oil spill, spent more money in BS propaganda ads on the Gulf Coast than any other advertiser since the spill. That buys them more than the ads, no media outlet will run ANY victim stories or negative coverage so as to not kill the goose that lays the oily, golden eggs!
After the Texas City explosion case was over, BP had the Texas Supreme Court (they are elected) go all activist on us and stretch Worker's Compensation law to say that if an injured worker for a 3rd party contractor gets hurt on the premises of another company, that premises owner is protected from being sued and the worker can only file a comp claim. Previously, Workers Comp covered just the employer from a suit by an injured worker. The premises owner, who didn't pay for any of the coverage, still is protected. In effect, if BP were to blow up their plant again and kill 4,000, no one can sue unless BP were found "grossly negligent," a very high burden to reach.
This is how Big Business operates, and until we enact publicly funded elections and complete campaign finance reform, they will continue to run the show!