Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by twblalock on Sunday April 05, 2020 @03:49PM
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> Why is it inherently a good thing that a larger company survives the pandemic and a smaller one doesn’t?
That is the wrong framing of my argument. Here is a better one:
It is inherently good that some companies survive rather than none. The ones most likely to survive are big, and Americans are increasingly reliant on big companies during the lockdown. Therefore we should be glad we didn't break up those big companies, and after the pandemic we should be more skeptical of calls to break them up.
Re:Biggest companies pay the least tax, shows new research
by smolder on Sunday April 05, 2020 @04:10PM
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Do you not see how it is dangerous to leave the whole economy in the hands of a few large companies? Or are you ignoring that for the sake of argument?
That is the wrong framing of my argument. Here is a better one:
It is inherently good that some companies survive rather than none. The ones most likely to survive are big, and Americans are increasingly reliant on big companies during the lockdown. Therefore we should be glad we didn't break up those big companies, and after the pandemic we should be more skeptical of calls to break them up.