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9. Buying and controlling media for desired political outcomes. 10. Astroturfing As different sectors of business have different structures of material costs
by Pelam 5y ago
9. Buying and controlling media for desired political outcomes.
10. Astroturfing
As different sectors of business have different structures
of material costs, labor costs, profit and investing. Maybe
having at least some kind of equal corporate tax can be seen
as being fair across different types of businesses.
Additionally many forms of business have externalities which
are negative for the rest of the humanity. Often it has been
the public sector which has to pick up the slack or clean up
the mess.
Also most people agree that there exist at least some forms
of infrastructure which are best managed publicly and are
difficult organize privately in a way that encourages
competition. Also corporations often directly benefit from
different forms of public infrastructure, so in this sense
it can be seen as fair to directly tax them.
- simondotau 5y agoYour 9 and 10 aren’t captured by corporate tax either, because spending money reduces profit. But your 9 and 10 are captured by the income tax of the people tasked with executing these operations.