Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS tax break

Re:Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS ta... by taurath on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:32AM (#28536673)

And is less privatized for those public services, and doesn’t spend 5x what the rest of the word spends on a military industrial complex, and makes a lot of government income on natural resources.

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Re:Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS ta... by sbacic on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @04:48AM (#28536754)

I intentionally didn't want to name countries because this isn't about Canada or the US - it's a global issue and taxes (sadly) do not correlate to the level of public services.

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Re:Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS ta... by taurath on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:09PM (#28546194)

I’ll take the lifestyle and economic security of Western Europe over anything in the US.

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Re:Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS ta... by fallingknife on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:30AM (#28538217)

The US spends 3.4% of gdp on the military. This is nowhere near 5x the world average

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Re:Silicon Valley stirs over proposal to end popular QSBS ta... by taurath on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:08PM (#28546184)

I think you can find which stat I was pointing out, especially in real terms.

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