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Not sure I’m buying much of the righteous indignation going about regarding corporate taxes these days especially when politicians partake in it. If they put th
by yanw 14y ago
Not sure I’m buying much of the righteous indignation going about regarding corporate taxes these days especially when politicians partake in it. If they put themselves into a situation where they have to depend on the moral choices of multinational corporations they are part of the problem.
And in fact it’s not a moral issue at all but a legal one. And if the conduct is legal then it’s not Google’s problem, is it?! the focus on Google in some of this tax talk is indicative of some sort of a PR offensive against them by governments and other bodies who aren't fond of Google and are using this as a wedge issue against the company.
Everyone does it and it’s been done for a while, governments allow much of it to encourage corporations to hire and invest within the local economies and now they pretend to be surprised and appalled by it. This just reeks of hypocrisy.