[sammyg2]

A perfect example is SCAQMD.
most if not all of their budget comes from fines. If they want a bigger budget, they collect more fines. Raise the fines, they get a raise. But here's where it gets tricky:

The make their own rules.
They interpret ther own rules.
They enforce their own rules.
They levy their own fines.
They collect their own fines.
They keep their own fine money.
They arbitrate their own fine disputes.

In other words, they stack the deck so that NO COMPANY can fully comply. It's impossible by design.
A large company can easily spend tens of millions every year trying to comply, but it's all a waste of time and money.
They'd be better off not trying at all and just paying AQMD huge fines.

AQMD would be happy and would protect them, the parasite can't live long without the host.
The company would actually save money by paying 20 million in fines instead of 30 or 40 million trying to comply (hypothetical numbers).

Then you have the tree-hugger enviro-tards who say things about good companies like "oh they were fined, they pollute on purpose, they're evil, they're trying to kill people and destroy our planet".
They have no idea how stoopid statements like that make them look. They are truly clueless.