“If I mistakenly bought the wrong ECU from Honda, do you think they’ll let me return it?”

If you give them money to invest, which they then warn you about like 5 times before you do, correct?

It’d be the SIPC if it’s a question of investment anyway. 

In this case, you got extra money now that you can then just choose to then not be paid later. You’re overstating the hassle.

Nope. Though they might be fired as a result. Not sire why you're this angry about people not getting to keep extra money.  

“The smart play is let the workers keep the bonuses with a note saying future bonuses will reduced to balance the payment.”

I don’t think overpaying, and then coming up with numerous ways to pay it back to make sure it’s not a hardship, is a huge deal.

I don’t think Honda will suddenly have excess inventory over this. 

Is it Raymond?

This does not seem like a big deal. I guess some of it depends on how long it took for Honda to inform the workers.

Speaking of a huge waste!

Not pretending regulations are an unalloyed good. They can be inefficient, out of date, wholly wrong in terms of how they work versus their intent...

That’s pretty much the expanded version of my point, yes.

Wait until you find out how they get the limo overseas in the first place. 

Well, the Secret Service determines the President’s security, not the man himself, so it wasn’t dickish. Most other heads of state aren’t also the head of government, and also in direct control of nuclear weapons. And it’s a state funeral, so I have no idea why using the state car is a problem. It’s not like it’s an…

That just pretends regulatory capture and rent seeking aren’t super common.

Hybrids are selling fine, even in top trims and no automaker is arguing for fewer of them.

“to drive industry” ... To do specific things the regulators want. It’s not like there’d by no innovation generally without regulation. 

SS’s chicken sandwich is almost $3 more expensive than CFA’s. I don’t mind SS, but it’s in another price category.

Ahem: “trawl”