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		FLUX-YOU on Oct 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Senator to Ex-CEO: Equifax Can't Be Trusted with A... >It's a little unfair to pile on the CEO of Equifax or the company because that's just fighting yesterday's battle too late. No it's not. He and the CSO are ultimately responsible. That is part of why they get high pay and golden parachutes. That is their job. Their incentive to make the right decisions is being shown right now via investigations and congressional testimonies which may lead to other charges.

bmmayer1 on Oct 5, 2017 [–]

My point was not that they don't deserve condemnation, but that punishing them doesn't help correct the system to prevent the same problem from happening again.

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