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> take advantage of perfectly legal tax code items Nobody is saying otherwise. They are saying these legal loopholes are the problem that need changing.
by lugg 7y ago
> take advantage of perfectly legal tax code items
Nobody is saying otherwise. They are saying these legal loopholes are the problem that need changing.
- sokoloff 7y agoPlenty of people are saying otherwise, either directly "These cross-national inter-company agreements are illegal and should be reversed" or indirectly "These companies are free-riding by improperly exploiting loopholes and should pay more." If the only issue were loopholes, the fixes are outside of Amazon/Google/other companies hands and in the hands of the legislatures of the various companies.
- ex_ex_nihilo 7y agoExactly. There is such a thing as fiduciary duty. As a board member, if I find out my CEO is overpaying on taxes because he feels like it's the "right thing to do", his ass is getting canned. Our competition is not going to do that, and you get no brownie points for being a naive simp. This is a competition, not a drum circle.