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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by sebsito on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:02AM (#21712802)
I'm not sure if the US freedoms are just talk because all those successful companies which Spain wants to tax were started in US not in EU.

So Spain with it's $12B of export can risk imposing tariffs (it's essentially a tax at mostly US companies) compared to e.g. Germany which exports much more.

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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by DoingIsLearning on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:14AM (#21712923)
This is a non sequitur, personal freedom has very little to do with availability of VC level funding or an increase in startup investment.

I don't follow your point?

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Re:Spain planning on going ahead with ‘Google tax’ despite U... by mrtksn on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:23AM (#21713041)
It's probably not about freedom since the same freedom in California doesn't seem to be able to create similar outcomes in, let's say, Alabama.
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