3 ms·
These are not mutually exclusive thoughts. "The political and tax system that allows it" is often the product of lobbying funded by huge corporations in order t
by moate 8y ago
These are not mutually exclusive thoughts. "The political and tax system that allows it" is often the product of lobbying funded by huge corporations in order to create massive loopholes. This allows them to pay what many consider to be an unfairly low amount in taxes.
It entirely allowed to both hate the tax system AND hate the corporate cronyism that created it.
Also your "if you blame the company..." scenario is, at best, a weak comparison. It would be akin to living and working in New Jersey, a highly taxed state, and instead shifting your assets to be taxed as if you live in Florida where there is no personal income tax.
- pbalau 8y agoThen why is lobbying legal?
- moate 8y agoThis is a great question. My general thought is "because people value money, and this allows rich people a valuable way to spend theirs". I mean campaign finance reform is a topic people on both sides at least pay lip service to (or at least bemoan how the other side gets funded).
- pbalau 8y agoSorry for the late reply. Campaign financing is something that I agree with, if I can afford to help this candidate reach more voters, why not? There is nothing wrong in that. There is another, different discussion about what this money should be spent on, eg this candidate is great vs these other candidate is bad, but I don't see nothing wrong with giving money for a candidate campaign. Lobbying is different, in most countries in the world this is called bribing, hence a factor in corruption.