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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:

https://lobbyfacts.eu/articles/29-10-2015/volkswagen-top-10-...

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2019...

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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)
https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/sustainability/refugee-aid.h...
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