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These companies will follow the law. When Ireland changed theirs, Apple moved. This problem can be fixed with laws. What's difficult is changing those laws, be
by unabst 9y ago
These companies will follow the law. When Ireland changed theirs, Apple moved.
This problem can be fixed with laws. What's difficult is changing those laws, because the rich pay off those that write them.
Think sales tax. Apple can't avoid sales tax. But they don't care, because it's not them being taxed.
But then again, Amazon did avoid sales tax, and used the internet loophole to compete with local smaller businesses using their "no sales tax" discount. And they kept pushing for special treatment in ways no small businesses could. Now the laws have been adjusted, and they collect sales tax.
If profit had to be taxed within the country or even district of sale, it's over.
There is no "if laws are changed we will be screwed" mechanism. The laws are designed to screw and unscrew. Attention should be directed to those writing them, because they know exactly what they're doing, because they are succeeding.