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Rippling moved into an old Spotify office in NYC and they were required to use union labor to remove the old signage. They decided to leave the signage up rathe
by conradev 1y ago
Rippling moved into an old Spotify office in NYC and they were required to use union labor to remove the old signage. They decided to leave the signage up rather than pay the union tax.
- CPLX 1y agoWhen they give lavish amounts of money to executives or VCs do you also call that a tax?
- conradev 1y agoNope. I was using tax in the sense of "mandatory cost enforced by the government" even though in this case the revenue goes to private entities.
- CPLX 1y agoIs there any cost not enforced by the government? What stops me from killing and eating my local venture capitalists for their protein content?
- conradev 1y agoFor you in particular, likely some moral precepts? or are you arguing that the deterrent effect of government punishment is the only thing stopping you? I don't really understand the line of argument.
- CPLX 1y agoWhen we give money to private citizens it's not a tax. When we give money to the government, it often is. So paying a union person isn't a tax, any more than paying anyone else. Everything is government mandated or regulated. Is paying interest to Chase Bank a tax? They're federally chartered, and I can't set up my own bank, I'm forced to use a regulated entity.