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Re:Facebook Tax Bill Over Ireland Move Could Cost $5B by Frondo on Saturday July 30, 2016 @02:04PM (#12193978)
Your taxes would be a lot lower if the biggest corporations were paying their fair share.
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Re:Facebook Tax Bill Over Ireland Move Could Cost $5B by tn13 on Sunday July 31, 2016 @01:57AM (#12195910)
There is not such thing as "fair share" of what someone else has earned.
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Re:Facebook Tax Bill Over Ireland Move Could Cost $5B by Frondo on Sunday July 31, 2016 @04:12PM (#12198612)
Sure there is. It's what we vote on and agree to as members of a democratic society.

No one earns anything in a vacuum. Money doesn't exist without society. Taxes reflect that.

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