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Re:45 Richest Germans Own as Much as Entire Lower Half by RhysU on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:01PM (#20247584)
Wouldn't large owning interests simply control many small operating entities thereby dodging such a tax while simultaneously introducing pointless inefficiency?
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Re:45 Richest Germans Own as Much as Entire Lower Half by KUcxrAVrtI on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:07PM (#20247601)
The efficiency to spend a billion dollars for defending the patent on a black rectangle is not one worth defending.
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Re:45 Richest Germans Own as Much as Entire Lower Half by LeifCarrotson on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:03PM (#20247592)
The owning interest would be taxed.
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Re:45 Richest Germans Own as Much as Entire Lower Half by RhysU on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:40PM (#20247715)
Nope. A strongman tells the underlings to vote their shares as they're told else he/she doesn't bestow extraordinary gifts on the underlings. Tada, oligarchy.
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Re:45 Richest Germans Own as Much as Entire Lower Half by KUcxrAVrtI on Friday June 21, 2019 @10:54PM (#20247745)
You should look up rico laws. They were made for stuff like this.
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