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Siding with Netflix, though it's somewhat weird that they call this a tax when it is a fee. States tax. Corporations extract fees. Taxes are for public welfare
by the_wolo 4y ago
Siding with Netflix, though it's somewhat weird that they call this a tax when it is a fee. States tax. Corporations extract fees. Taxes are for public welfare and balancing out the amount of money in the economy. Fees are for generating profits. That's a major difference.
- jiveturkey 4y agoIt's not weird. It's PR on Netflix' part. From the US minded POV, fees are costs borne for service provided. Tax is theft. It is weird that he said this in Barcelona, discussing EU, where it wouldn't have landed the same way.
- JohnFen 4y ago> From the US minded POV [...] tax is theft. Not really. That sort of thinking applies to a specific subgroup in the US, but isn't representative of majority thought.
- jiveturkey 4y agoI wasn't being literal, just making a point. Like Greg Peters of Netflix was.