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You are assuming that the government is going to use those resources better than the company avoiding the taxes. Not everyone agrees with this. From this point
by s_m_t 10y ago
You are assuming that the government is going to use those resources better than the company avoiding the taxes. Not everyone agrees with this. From this point of view everyone is acting rationally, they only might disagree about one specific assumption.
- kartan 10y agoMaybe government is not as efficient providing citizens with firefighters, teachers, and other services. Maybe that companies are extremely efficient giving money to their shareholders. But I don't see your point.
- aianus 10y agoBoth of those things are paid by municipalities out of property taxes. They would not be affected in any way by Apple's corporate tax dodges.
- tormeh 10y agoThis... is not about the US. Things work slightly different elsewhere.
- icebraining 10y agocryptoz post (the parent of this whole thread) was about the US & California.
- heroprotagonist 10y agoTo be fair, the only place a jurisdiction was mentioned was the phrase "US/California/etc", and "etc" would seem to include other locations.