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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by bpodgursky on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:29AM (#22363255)
This is a 100% reasonable policy, but it's a really hard sell for people who don't understand how business income actually works, and how the money would be captured by far more functional taxes as dividend income or cap gains. I don't think your comment is going to do well on HN.

Maybe leave INCREASE CAPITAL GAINS in all caps. Or, CAPTURE THE SAME MONEY AS DIVIDEND INCOME OR CAPITAL GAINS.

Perhaps: IT IS THE SAME MONEY CAPTURED LESS CONFUSINGLY AND LESS PRONE TO CHEATING

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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by seibelj on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:31AM (#22363268)
Many of my comments do poorly on HN, but I’ll keep writing them because alternative opinions to the hive mind are valuable. I may even convince a few people!
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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by greglindahl on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:49AM (#22363351)
You might want to try leaving better comments? The one at the top doesn't really make any sense. If you left one that did convince people, it would probably get upvoted.
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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by seibelj on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:53AM (#22363367)
Given all the other comments it sounds like many people agree with me. What part didn’t you understand?
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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by greglindahl on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:10AM (#22363432)
"Many of my comments do poorly on HN" -- silbelj
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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by greglindahl on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:35AM (#22363514)
Your insult is a good example of why you might be downvoted.
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Re:Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal by Sabinus on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:04AM (#22363617)
I liked the comment thread you started. Thanks for bringing your ideas here and defending them in a reasonable and rational manner.
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