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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by andrewprock on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:17PM (#12010073)
Of course there is. I think there is a strong economic consensus that government subsidies can be bad. Your argument essentially invalidates that and supports a world where legal corruption is moral.
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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by hueving on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:53PM (#12010386)
>Your argument essentially invalidates that and supports a world where legal corruption is moral.

No it doesn't. It implies that the correct fix is to eliminate tax loopholes, not attempting to guilt a corporation into paying more, which is about as effective as guilting the sun into cooling down.

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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by andrewprock on Thursday June 30, 2016 @02:35PM (#12010707)
Well, now your arguing "that companies should pay what amount to optional taxes" by closing tax loopholes.
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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by zardeh on Thursday June 30, 2016 @03:53PM (#12011179)
They're no longer optional at that point.
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