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If Facebook were to pay taxes "where the real business is done" (assuming there is a legal way to avoid doing so), it would probably be considered gross neglige
by brbsix 11y ago
If Facebook were to pay taxes "where the real business is done" (assuming there is a legal way to avoid doing so), it would probably be considered gross negligence. I imagine the same is true of any multinational.
Besides, Facebook can put that money to much better use than government. All the lowly users of Facebook on the other hand do not know how to best spend their money and had better hand it over. Zuck says so (so do Gates and Soros).
- bigbugbag 11y agoI have yet to see unemployment checks from facebook, or social security, or public services or infrastructure. But I've seen budget cuts and austerity and the GAFAM's tax evasion plays a role in this. The point is that if facebook were to stop its tax evasion business, it would probably not be profitable.
- jsprogrammer 11y agoIf you are taxed, you are, by definition, profitable.
- grp 11y agoI don't think 'internet.org' is the best way to teach the lowly users how to best spend their money. The responsability of teaching should be public (so like a government), not just 3 random guys. Zuck also says "you need to work in a hangar"... Nah, I want my workplace to be better than my home.