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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by philipodonnell on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:43PM (#17767450)
> Would you support a bill forcing owners of large houses to set aside some of their space for the homeless?

I mean this is literally what property taxes are for!!! Sometimes ownership/control creates externalities that require removing some of that ownership/control for the benefit of society as a whole.

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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by frockington on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @01:27PM (#17767900)
Now that you say it like this I couldn't be more against this bill. Property taxes are awful and illogical
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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by notacoward on Thursday August 16, 2018 @09:35AM (#17774458)
> Property taxes are awful and illogical

So are sales taxes, and income taxes are even worse than that. Which of those do you prefer, and for what reason beyond selfishness? Or are you one of those people who believe all taxes are bad, which is tantamount to saying all government is bad?

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Re:Companies Shouldn’t Be Accountable Only to Shareholders by frockington on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:53PM (#17776373)
Reasons: I don't like giving my money to people. I think I could support sales tax if I had to pick one.
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