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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by zanny on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:05PM (#23850938)
Who you tax is more important than how much you tax. If you levy your tax burden entirely on the poorest aspects of society than of course its going to look bad.

The US is largely socialism and profits for the corporations and free market absolutism and costs for the working poor.

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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by nickpp on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:53PM (#23851614)
And still US corporate taxes are among the highest in the world, while the working poor benefit from various tax breaks.
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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by 6AA4FD on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:09PM (#23852809)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-corporate/many-bi...

Doesn't seem like it to me.

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Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned by opo on Thursday July 16, 2020 @01:46PM (#23861584)
>...The US is largely socialism and profits for the corporations and free market absolutism and costs for the working poor.

These kinds of statements don't really add much to the debate - they sound like political slogans. To add to some light instead of just heat to the discussion, it is better to explain what you are saying. How are you defining poor? What tax rate do you think this group should pay? What tax rate do you think corporations should pay? How does that compare with other countries? etc.

(I don't mean to single out this particular posting, as I have seen political slogans used throughout this thread.)

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