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Real people disproportionately situated in the US. I'm not sure if that helps any of those other countries. The basic problem is companies using public resour

• Lazare 10y ago
  If you're taking about resources which have usage which is measurable and excludable (postal service, road network, legal system) then charge for use. Amazon relies heavily on the road network to deliver goods; it's trivial (and a good idea in any case) to charge commercial vehicles a fee to cover their wear and tear on the roads, carbon emissions, etc. Similarly, if they're filing legal cases, charge them a fee, etc. If you're talking not so much about them using actual resources, but benefiting in some vague sense from a country having a functioning police system, even if they don't actually use it, then no, you can't charge them fees. But if they're making sales in your country, you can charge GST/VAT. But if they're not using actual resources, not making sales in your country, and not making profits... ...then they're not going to be paying back into the system. Even if you really need them too, even if it would be highly immoral for them not to. The existence of a problem doesn't imply the existence of a solution.