San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering

Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by drstewart on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:16PM (#19873438)

Too bad most of the world doesn't realize you can't solve national problems at a local level

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Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by bamboozled on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:18PM (#19873466)

There you go again, it’s someone else’s problem right ?

For example, what if some of the money used by Google et al, went to lobbying the government to change its stance on healthcare ?

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Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by drstewart on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:40PM (#19873606)

Probably the same reason Volkswagen doesn't spend its billions lobbying the German government to change its stance on refugees?

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Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by Apocryphon on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:44PM (#19873636)

VW does a huge amount of lobbying:

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Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by drstewart on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:04PM (#19873784)

I'm going to guess they lobby for their benefit, not to solve social ills.

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Re:San Francisco proposes “IPO tax” on eve of Uber offering by Apocryphon on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:32PM (#19873951)

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