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> As with any company anyehere, De Beers pays the share they are obliged to to the authorities BP and Facebook aren't paying their share of taxes in the USA, d
by grecy 7y ago
> As with any company anyehere, De Beers pays the share they are obliged to to the authorities
BP and Facebook aren't paying their share of taxes in the USA, do you think De Beers is going to do so in Sierra Leone?
The only difference is there are just enough tax dollars in the US to make life tolerable for the masses - cheap beer & cigarettes, sports on TV and elementary education.
- pinkfoot 7y agoBP and Facebook aren't paying their share of taxes in the USA, do you think De Beers is going to do so in Sierra Leone? Do you have any evidence that thy aren't? Or do you just make things up?
- grecy 7y agohttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/2018-taxes-some-of-americas-biggest-companies-paid-little-to-no-federal-income-tax-last-year/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2018-taxes-some-of-americas-big... BP Actually get tax credits, as does Amazon. So they pay negative taxes.
- pinkfoot 7y agoAnd how, pray tell, do the incentives of a British oil company in another part of the world automagically imply the guilt of an African mining company in SL? Or is guilt by association the new thing these days? Show me where De Beers is not paying what the government of SL requires them to pay.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't post in the flamewar style to HN. We're here for curious and thoughtful conversation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- rzmnzm 7y agoCheap beer and cigarettes are not provided for by tax dollars though. BP and Facebook probably don't pay much tax in Australia either, where beer and cigarettes are not particularly cheap (mostly due to sin taxes)