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>Companies like Microsoft have complex tax constructions so not a single cent ends up in the dutch economy. Why are the Dutch angry with EU and Microsoft and n
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>Companies like Microsoft have complex tax constructions so not a single cent ends up in the dutch economy.
Why are the Dutch angry with EU and Microsoft and not with their elected Dutch government officials who set up these legal tax dodging opportunities to attract such corporations in the first place?
They made the rules, Microsoft (and other companies) are just following them.
- Joeri 4y agoThey actually just had an election sweep where the incumbent government got punished badly for their perceived elitist policies.
- holoduke 4y agoBecause these companies have no morals. They dont care if their foreign factory doesnt follow American laws regarding work safety and other regulations. As long as the local laws permits them they do anything what is possible. Only when things become public and affects their reputation things might change. Only then. Thats why we dont welcome them.
- shjake 4y agoDon’t make your laws more lax than even the ones in America then? We’re talking about Holland here not some poor and corrupt developing country.. It’s no great secret than corporations are generally profit seeking and will try to utilize any “legal loophole” they can find. It would not be reasonable to expect them not to when the system they operate in strongly incentivize them to prioritize profit over anything else. I mean “nice corporations” will simply be outcompeted by the ruthless ones…
- throwWayui 4y ago[dead]