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> In lala-economic-theory-land yes. But this is not companies competing for the favors of customers. This is nation states competing for the favors of companies

> In lala-economic-theory-land yes. But this is not companies competing for the favors of customers. This is nation states competing for the favors of companies and that is a totally different matter. Why is it bad when businesses find that conditions for them constantly get better everywhere? Is there something inherently evil or bad about businesses? This is usually a position hardcore Socalists would take. > In the real world you need taxes to operate a country and with big business being able to relocate their capital and their profits at a moments notice corporations have a substantial advantage over nation states (which are by definition somewhat immobile). No corporation can move its operations and profits within a moments notice. This takes usually years and the absolute majority of businesses do not even have the option to ever do this. The problem of most Western societies is that the top 10% basically pay for 75%+ of everything, the middle class pays an acceptable amount and then theres 30% of free loaders with 29,9% being the ones at the bottom and 0,1% on the top.

Devasta 10y ago
>Why is it bad when businesses find that conditions for them constantly get better everywhere? If those conditions are getting better at the expense of the local populace, then it most certainly can be bad.
Joof 10y ago
The top 10% also have more than 75% of the money, so this makes a lot of sense. They have more than 75% of the money, so I imagine it's a good bit higher than you imagine. How do the freeloaders pay taxes like the rich if they can't afford life circumstances that allow them to get educations similar to the rich? Healthy countries need taxes to boost their populace up to an optimal level of health and education. Maximize the people that could potentially become high-value.
ionised 10y ago
Because nations need taxes, not a few rich people or organisations at the top.

Devasta 10y ago

>Why is it bad when businesses find that conditions for them constantly get better everywhere? If those conditions are getting better at the expense of the local populace, then it most certainly can be bad.

Joof 10y ago

The top 10% also have more than 75% of the money, so this makes a lot of sense. They have more than 75% of the money, so I imagine it's a good bit higher than you imagine. How do the freeloaders pay taxes like the rich if they can't afford life circumstances that allow them to get educations similar to the rich? Healthy countries need taxes to boost their populace up to an optimal level of health and education. Maximize the people that could potentially become high-value.

ionised 10y ago

Because nations need taxes, not a few rich people or organisations at the top.