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Re:U.S. Steel wins tax breaks from one of America's poorest ... by perfmode on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:08AM (#19128316)
This glib response is quite naive and ignores second order implications.

How would we tax a corporation as the number of employees trends to 0?

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Re:U.S. Steel wins tax breaks from one of America's poorest ... by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:26AM (#19141701)
If they hold property in your jurisdiction then you have property tax. If they sell to your people then you have VAT.

And if they have no activities in your country at all, what gives you a right to tax them?

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