<i>The US just nearly bankrupted VW</i><p>Reminds me of my grade school days.  <i>Mrs. Crabtree, why did you give me a C in math?</i>  &quot;I didn&#x27;t give you a C, you did that all by yourself.&quot;<p>When a company does what Volkswagen did, it needs to hurt very badly.  Diesels are already disastrous from a public-health perspective, and VW made them that much worse.