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Employers have the upper hand, it's very hard to prove that's the reason they closed. And the penalties are not even a slap on the wrist, it's the wagging of a finger. – Todd Vachon	Found on CNN 6 months ago
What a crock of crap that these people who were involved in vandalizing city property technically get off with a slap on the wrist, all this time there was talk about justice, justice will come, these people will be held accountable. Where’s the accountability? They’re not being held accountable. – Ron Trujillo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Not even a slap on the wrist, you capture and release. It's that simple. – Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
College kids aren't going to get a slap on the wrist if they defy the rules, they could risk suspension or expulsion, and parents could risk serious financial consequences. As we saw last spring when the pandemic began, there's no guarantee you will get your money back. – Mary Dell Harrington	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Reality is just a slap on the face dancing in the moonlight. – Darren Huston	added by simon-pegg 2 years ago
He was getting off with a slap on the wrist, basically, we were betrayed twice... Its like getting slapped in the face and punched in the gut. – Evelyn Yang	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg'd face jail time for lying to the government. – Ron Wyden	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It is troubling to think that someone who commits such a reckless crime, putting so many people at risk, walks away with just a slap on the wrist. – Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Slip on a long-sleeve shirt, slap on a wide-brimmed hat, slop on the sunscreen, and use UV-protective sunglasses that wrap around the eyes when out in the sun, there are a number of sun safety strategies that are effective. – Len Lichtenfeld	Found on CNN 3 years ago
A fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook. Tonight, we learned that's how Wall Street sees it too - as a slap on the wrist. If the FTC won't act, Congress has to. – David Cicilline	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We can't say anything about that if we allow Saudi Arabia to do Saudi Arabia and all we do is a diplomatic slap on the wrist. – Marco Rubio	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We can't let them off the hook with a slap on the wrist, because if we do that it will ... send the wrong messages to countries around the world. – Van Hollen	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody. Make them pay in full. And if they don't, take it out of their check, that's how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It's a slap on the wrist. – Adam Jones	Found on CNN 5 years ago
In the case of the British embassy we are not aware of any legal action taking place against the aggressors, although months later (the Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the move, the attackers walked free and nothing happened to them more than a gentle slap on the hand. – Hossein Rassam	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The $ 1 million is in many respects a slap on the wrist, that's lunch money during the football season, the larger issue is taking away The Patriots quarterback for four games, that has some impact on revenue because one of their star players is gone. – Daniel Durbin	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
A slap on the wrist is the most one could say about what can barely be called a sentence for what could have been treated as serious crimes including espionage. – Michael Ratner	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
He was put through a four-year ordeal while U.S. nationals committing the object crime of tax evasion were allowed to escape with a fine, without even a slap on the wrist. – Robert Henoch	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

Employers have the upper hand, it's very hard to prove that's the reason they closed. And the penalties are not even a slap on the wrist, it's the wagging of a finger.

– Todd Vachon

Found on CNN
6 months ago

What a crock of crap that these people who were involved in vandalizing city property technically get off with a slap on the wrist, all this time there was talk about justice, justice will come, these people will be held accountable. Where’s the accountability? They’re not being held accountable.

– Ron Trujillo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Not even a slap on the wrist, you capture and release. It's that simple.

– Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

College kids aren't going to get a slap on the wrist if they defy the rules, they could risk suspension or expulsion, and parents could risk serious financial consequences. As we saw last spring when the pandemic began, there's no guarantee you will get your money back.

– Mary Dell Harrington

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Reality is just a slap on the face dancing in the moonlight.

– Darren Huston

added by simon-pegg
2 years ago

He was getting off with a slap on the wrist, basically, we were betrayed twice... Its like getting slapped in the face and punched in the gut.

– Evelyn Yang

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg'd face jail time for lying to the government.

– Ron Wyden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It is troubling to think that someone who commits such a reckless crime, putting so many people at risk, walks away with just a slap on the wrist.

– Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Slip on a long-sleeve shirt, slap on a wide-brimmed hat, slop on the sunscreen, and use UV-protective sunglasses that wrap around the eyes when out in the sun, there are a number of sun safety strategies that are effective.

– Len Lichtenfeld

Found on CNN
3 years ago

A fine in the low billions of dollars would amount to a slap on the wrist for Facebook. Tonight, we learned that's how Wall Street sees it too - as a slap on the wrist. If the FTC won't act, Congress has to.

– David Cicilline

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We can't say anything about that if we allow Saudi Arabia to do Saudi Arabia and all we do is a diplomatic slap on the wrist.

– Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We can't let them off the hook with a slap on the wrist, because if we do that it will ... send the wrong messages to countries around the world.

– Van Hollen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody. Make them pay in full. And if they don't, take it out of their check, that's how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It's a slap on the wrist.

– Adam Jones

Found on CNN
5 years ago

In the case of the British embassy we are not aware of any legal action taking place against the aggressors, although months later (the Supreme Leader) Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the move, the attackers walked free and nothing happened to them more than a gentle slap on the hand.

– Hossein Rassam

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The $ 1 million is in many respects a slap on the wrist, that's lunch money during the football season, the larger issue is taking away The Patriots quarterback for four games, that has some impact on revenue because one of their star players is gone.

– Daniel Durbin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A slap on the wrist is the most one could say about what can barely be called a sentence for what could have been treated as serious crimes including espionage.

– Michael Ratner

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He was put through a four-year ordeal while U.S. nationals committing the object crime of tax evasion were allowed to escape with a fine, without even a slap on the wrist.

– Robert Henoch

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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