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Police protect people, by and large. Corporations don't benefit much from services of the state. Fire services would be a better example but they are often fund
by sievebrain 8y ago
Police protect people, by and large. Corporations don't benefit much from services of the state. Fire services would be a better example but they are often funded out of local rates rather than national corporation tax.
As a Brit I wish my country would give up on these boring and routine "outrage" stories. Amazon pays corporation tax in America because it's an American company. End of story. If my fellow Brits want a world beating firm like Amazon that brings profits back to the UK locally, they need to get cracking and make one.
- jsldn123 8y agoDon't corporations benefit from having a base of consumers protected by the state? And employees educated by the state. And able to travel to your business on roads paid for by the state, etc etc.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoCorporations don't benefit much from services of the state. They certainly benefit from investments in education, the road network, telecoms, etc.
- noir_lord 8y agoAlso courts and established legal systems. It's amazing how little people value all that stuff until they actually need it.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoI know, right? The only reason I realised that was because I am from a country that legally has all of that but none of it properly works. Large corporations don’t work very well in these countries (or they work really well, depending on how illegal they would like to be).
- sievebrain 8y agoCompanies pay if they want the services of the courts to resolve disputes. They don't get it for free