See, this is the problem with the US. The education system is obviously failing us, because
@ALSET YXES either can't read the settlement terms, or didn't think to read them, neither of which is an acceptable outcome for an adult.
It's called capitalism and not socialism for good a reason. Not everything can be free.
Nothing's free in socialism or capitalism. In socialism the society all funds things. Very similar to systems you might recognize, like police, fire fighters, military, etc. This is super basic stuff to know. I know it feels edgy to try to dunk on political and societal systems these days, but you really should know the basics before trying it out for yourself.
If the USA government was smart, they are clearly not,
Obviously our educational system is failing us.
they would have detailed out the use of the $2 billion dollar fine and prevented VW from making it a profit center.
You should try reading the details of the settlement, because the outcome actually did specify how VW could spend their money, what it needed to be spent on, and what requirements there were for that spending. A ten second google search would have shown these details, but again, the educational system is clearly not leaving people curious and able to inform themselves.
Good on VW for using the USA governments stupidity and corruption to their advantage.
Bad on the USA government for being so negligent and corrupt.
Or, just maybe, good on the US government not attempting to overreach and use a fraud settlement to enact legislation which would have been immediately struck down in court. They used the settlement to punish VW, and then they can use the legislative process to pass laws about whatever else they want. But they can't use the outcome of a criminal proceeding (which relies on existing law) to create new law.
Bad on the USA government for not teaching you that extremely basic US civics lesson.