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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by jamii on Thursday October 21, 2010 @02:19PM (#1816778)
> Are you aware of how many services Google provides for free that make my life (and probably yours) better?

Are you aware of how many services the NHS provides for free which make my life better, despite being cripplingly underfunded?

I'm not saying that google are evil for avoiding taxes, bit neither am I convinced that I wouldn't be better off if the money made its way into my governments hands.

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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by trevelyan on Thursday October 21, 2010 @07:36PM (#1817911)
You're not saying much of anything. Health care is good and killing people in Iraq and Afghanistan is bad. Google doesn't have much to do with one or the other. Nor is the company responsible for the distributional choices British taxpayers make when they elect government officials who decide to underfund public health in favour of blowing stuff up.

Why is this even a point under discussion?

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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by blhack on Thursday October 21, 2010 @06:14PM (#1817678)
I'm not. Could you list some, please?
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Re:The Tax Haven That's Saving Google Billions by olliesaunders on Thursday October 21, 2010 @07:00PM (#1817798)
This is just for England but you should get the picture: http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSservices/Pages/NHSServi...
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