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I don't get it. On the one hand you say you just wanted to make clear the distinction between the two terms, on the other you claim when facebook and Amazon are
by Joe-Z 8y ago
I don't get it. On the one hand you say you just wanted to make clear the distinction between the two terms, on the other you claim when facebook and Amazon are avoiding taxes that's the same as when ordinary people try to save for retirement.
If you didn't want to be quoted on that you shouldn't have put that comparison in.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI don’t mind being quoted on anything. It’s either legal or it isn’t. For one you can prosecute, the other you can only criticise. It doesn’t matter if it’s a single person or a massive company. Either we have made the solemn decision as a country that it is prohibited with the force of the state punishing you, or we haven’t. It’s a huge difference. Think about it like this. The next time someone is really evading tax and you call them out on it people will think ‘oh well nothing we can do about that without new laws’ because you’ve conflated it with avoidance this time.
- Joe-Z 8y agoLook, we disagree on how tax avoidance should be dealt with on a personal and a corporate level and that‘s fine. But you‘re constantly conflating a valid point (which is a proper distinction between the two terms and which I agree with) with your opinion on the matter. If one were less charitable you could call that a strawman.