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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by kobbe on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:32AM (#21712092)
You can always follow USA where minimum wage is not enough to live :) - the wonders of the right.
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by systemtest on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:28AM (#21712475)
I would suggest following the Scandinavian model of not having a minimum wage at all.
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by Drakar1903 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:40AM (#21712566)
Which works because of strong position of unions. The minimum wage issue can't be simplified to "no minimum wage and yet they thrive"
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by Ballas on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:37AM (#21712131)
The USA minimum wage is definitely enough to live on, and comfortably. (Just not in the USA)
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by pc86 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:41AM (#21712160)
Lots of minimum wage remote work in the US?
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by pvaldes on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:25PM (#21717332)
> They are socialists so they don't care if blue collar workers suffer

Elmundo newspaper is a liberal oriented newspaper and they have their audience. Trying to milk the maximum level of outrage about anything done by evil socialists is expected for they.

Thus, take in mind that the real situation could be (and probably will be) a little less melodramatic. Some of their journalists and their director have been fined for spreading difamatory, partial or even faked news in the past.

Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by saiya-jin on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:38AM (#21712140)
So what do you propose? This is an honest question. Those companies act in strictly amoral fashion (even within the law of a given country, breaking laws of others).

They basically steal public money by not contributing taxes, so that general population (=we) has to pay up the rest via increased taxation, or public welfare, education, medicine, research, social system etc. suffers because of lack of funds.

Increasing net worth at all costs of types like Bezos, Zuckenberg or Brin at the cost of everybody else is not in interest of humankind in any imaginable way.

Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:27AM (#21712062)
Yes, I know. They are socialists so they don't care if blue collar workers suffer just so they can "send a message".

The Conservatives in the UK are planning a similar tax, they are certainly not a socialist party.

Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by Nasrudith on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:47AM (#21712199)
It is nationalism in that case or more specifically "tax somebody else who can't vote against" always being a popular plan among voters.
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by nicoburns on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:34AM (#21712519)
Is "tax a company who is making vast amounts of money by operating in our country the same rates that we other businesses doing the same" really a controversial policy position?
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by vixen99 on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:17AM (#21712401)
A fair number of Conservatives would take issue with that statement! And they have a damn good case.
Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:04AM (#21712817)
That they aren't socialists or are planning the tax?