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This is the classic argument, "we need our big guy to fight their big guy", it's not true. Nimble smaller companies can work, and it's not like we don't have a

This is the classic argument, "we need our big guy to fight their big guy", it's not true. Nimble smaller companies can work, and it's not like we don't have a government to negotiate how we address large foreign companies. What this is arguing is ceding national power to a private corporation because we have given up on the govt. It's a weak smokescreen..... Besides. They. Dont. Pay. Taxes. In. The. Country. They. Claim. To. Be. Protecting.

rrdharan 6y ago
> Besides. They. Dont. Pay. Taxes. In. The. Country. They. Claim. To. Be. Protecting. Besides being an incredibly annoying way to state your point (leave the hand-claps on Twitter, please), note that their very highly paid employees pay a ton of tax. Abolishing the corporate income tax entirely is something I'm in favor of and it has its proponents across the political spectrum: https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/the-progressive-case-for-abolishing-the-corporate-income-tax-2 https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/the-progressive-case-f...