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Re:Tesla's Musk Paid at Least $593M in Income Taxes in 2016 by eastWestMath on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:45PM (#14168790)
Then you'd end up having a fairly stupid argument about the semantics of "better".
Re:Tesla's Musk Paid at Least $593M in Income Taxes in 2016 by bmelton on Friday April 21, 2017 @04:06PM (#14168987)
Downvoted because, well, you didn't make much of a point really.

The idea that the argument is stupid should be presented with an argument as to why. For what it's worth, we have existing law in most (American) municipalities that support the argument that if Musk can be shown to be a better steward here, then he might have a claim to make, i.e., adverse possession, which is basically a claim against the state that says "I can tend to this property better than you, and my doing so provides social and financial utility to the state, to my would-be neighbors, and to myself as well.

To be sure, it's an argument in abstracts, but there's precedent enough that it clearly isn't an entirely meritless (or stupid) argument to be made.

Re:Tesla's Musk Paid at Least $593M in Income Taxes in 2016 by maratd on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:52PM (#14168872)
Far better to have that conversation than to sit and argue fairness, equity, and justice. The alternatives are dumber.