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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by wyager on Thursday December 22, 2016 @01:10AM (#13235267)
Why are gifts preferable to taxes? This seems fairly self-evident to me; gifts aren't given at (metaphorical) gunpoint.
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Re:The Long-Term Jobs Killer Is Not China, It’s Automation by Filligree on Thursday December 22, 2016 @07:24AM (#13236758)
How do you think the warlords—warlords—get those 'gifts' in the first place?

Taxes are at least predictable.

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