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One pays taxes, the other is paid by taxes. I'm not disagreeing with your statement, I just think they're currently/contextually dissimilar.
by dekken_ 4y ago
One pays taxes, the other is paid by taxes. I'm not disagreeing with your statement, I just think they're currently/contextually dissimilar.
- saghm 4y agoI'm pretty sure government officials still have to pay taxes too
- ceejayoz 4y ago> One pays taxes, the other is paid by taxes. Well, sometimes. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-20/amazon-europe-unit-paid-no-taxes-on-55-billion-sales-in-2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-20/amazon-eu... "Amazon.com Inc.’s main European retail business reported 1.16 billion euros ($1.26 billion) of losses in 2021, which allowed the company to pay no income tax and receive 1 billion euros in tax credits, corporate filings seen by Bloomberg show."
- dekken_ 4y agoMaybe so, but individuals who are salaried, will pay taxes.
- trasz2 4y agoIndividuals are just company’s resource, like hardware, or IP. They are not the company itself.
- dekken_ 4y agoNot exactly relevant. However, a company does not exist without people.
- trasz2 4y agoIt doesn’t exist without other resources either. What I’m trying to say is, “companies are people” is not true - decisions made by companies are not the decisions it’s employees would normally make if they were not selected - or forced by circumstances - to be aligned with company goals instead of human goals.
- dekken_ 4y ago> “companies are people” is not true `Citizens United` was a mistake yes.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat’ll include parliamentary VPs.
- dekken_ 4y agoYes, but they are also paid by taxes, and they hardly are going to pay the entirety of their salary in taxes.