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Honestly at first glance this seems right. But this argument has been made so much, in so many place, and ended in failure so frequently why don't we think of s
by DeonPenny 6y ago
Honestly at first glance this seems right. But this argument has been made so much, in so many place, and ended in failure so frequently why don't we think of something different. Hopefully less dependent on government evolvement. The idea that you can vote or tax this problem away seems misguided at a certain point.
- m12k 6y agoI don't think anyone's really tried to solve this yet - can you reference any actual attempts? Also, if we need to fix a problem where companies are exploiting their access to a common resource (the purchasing power of the middle class in a given country) without paying to maintain that resource - how would we ever fix that without involving the only entity with the power and mandate to block the companies' access or charge them more for it, the government? I think the biggest hindrance here is that transfer pricing is a complicated issue, that most voters don't understand the mechanics of, so there's not been a lot of pressure on politicians to solve it. It's been much easier to just lay the blame on immigrants or whatever, than to actually attack the root cause of the issue.