Merck to pay $950 million to settle U.S. Vioxx charge - Health - msnbc.com
This article reinforces the idea that we have returned to the Robber Baron era. For corporations like Merck, breaking the law is simply a cost of doing business. They lack any sense of civic responsibility. The only way to reverse this is to hold the people who run these companies legally responsible and give them jail time for the criminal acts that their companies commit under their leadership. Ultimately, perhaps the solution is to hold their stockholders responsible for financing criminal activity. That would be one small step toward public accountability.
