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OK. John takes over Google and pays more taxes when the current scheme is legal. How is that rationalized? Why not pay even more?

• HPsquared 6y ago
  Building goodwill or other intangibles.
  • andromeduck 6y ago
    No such thing. Governments are inherently extractive same as any other monopoly.
  • onetimemanytime 6y ago
    Goodwill with the government? That $5 Billion or whatever will last, what, 4 seconds in Capitol Hill? Name a US company that lost market share for not paying more taxes than required. They should invest more when it comes to good causes, yeah.
    • ObserverNeutral 6y ago
      > Goodwill with the government? No, with the people. What you could do is a direct deposit in each American bank account in a very public way. 180M adults * 10USD = 1.8B Not a joke but also not that much for Google to build long lasting goodwill among the public In one swoop you delegitimize politicians by doing direct payments (maybe even a PR campaign with "money for nothing" as soundtrack) and win the public favor. "UBI-light" offered by Google..so many PR angles to think this thing through