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And that's easily countered by saying "total profits, including subsidiaries."

• tick_tock_tick 7y ago
  Even she wouldn't be stupid enough to try that.
  • munk-a 7y ago
    Indeed, we should all cower in fear to avoid offending the lobbyists.
• hervature 7y ago
  And that's easily countered by having franchises and not subsidiaries
  • enraged_camel 7y ago
    And that's easily countered by saying, "total profits, including subsidiaries and franchises." See, we can play this game all day. The fundamental point is this: just because people might break a law (directly or in spirit) is not an argument against having said law.
    • conanbatt 7y ago
      And yet in this game, lawyers and accountants make bundles of cash, politicians leave unscathed from their failures and the common citizen pays more taxes for less value each step of the way
    • hervature 7y ago
      Except if you do that, you destroy tons of legitimate restaurant companies.