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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by anonfornoreason on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:30AM (#27138421)
I’ll start paying heed to this line of reasoning when a significant portion of tax revenue is spent bombing innocents. There’s very shaky moral grounds for many of our actions overseas, and I don’t blame any rich person for wanting to control policy for significant philanthropic efforts.
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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by smokelegend on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:01AM (#27139234)
Does Oil & Gas fall under offshore efforts?

Gold & uranium?

There's always something some where worth taking, smoke and mirrors of democracy pave the way.

One country's terrorist is another country's freedom fighter.

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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by michaelmrose on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:20AM (#27139330)
We can in theory vote for people that wont bomb innocents we can't vote out the rich people in any meaningful way.
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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by kortilla on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:27AM (#27139362)
The laws that allow this philanthropy are controlled by us. We most certainly can vote them out of existence
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Re:Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on $6B ... by michaelmrose on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:21PM (#27145440)
We can't vote their wealth out of existence easily when they own the legislators.
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