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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by mmsimanga on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:32PM (#18123201)
Government doesn't generate any money. They get the money from taxing employees of the large corporations. It is a symbiotic relationship.
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by chillwaves on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @02:15PM (#18124219)
Are you saying the government does not generate value?
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by mmsimanga on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:38PM (#18124995)
I meant government does not generate taxes. It's people and the companies they work for that pay the tax which government then uses. So it's disingenuous of parent to claim government alone is responsible for the good it does.
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees by anticensor on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @04:50PM (#18125584)
It does, but it is different from fiscal value used in economics.
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