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Good for them! Most folks today still think Capitalism has merit, so if a corporation is working out ways to do things like this, way to go. Sure, it will help
by quadrangle 12y ago
Good for them! Most folks today still think Capitalism has merit, so if a corporation is working out ways to do things like this, way to go.
Sure, it will help Starbucks recruit college-oriented more ambitious employees, and that's what they want. Fine.
This is no solution for society overall, but it's a good thing for what it is.
- pizza234 12y agoConsidering that Starbucks practices massive tax avoidance, the company is essentially using taxpayers' money for a very clever PR stunt.
- xerophtye 12y ago>using taxpayers' money for a very clever PR stunt. Firstly i don't think "taxpayer's money" is an accurate description as they aren't exactly using the money we pay as tax. Instead they are deciding how their tax money is used. Not that i support tax avoidance or anything, but if a certain sum of money is being used to provide a large number of people with free college education, I don't really see how the govt can make better use of it. ok i guess there are better uses but this isn't exactly a bad spend is it?
- mseebach 12y agoStarbucks' tax arrangements are specifically legal. It's not in any meaningful sense taxpayers' money, no matter how strongly you feel it should be.