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Originally Posted by rowan
In response to a FORBES request for comment, a Google spokesperson asserted via email: “Google complies with the tax laws in every country where we operate.”
Translation: we know that on the face of it we're being absolute cunts, but it's legal and everyone else does it, so we'll milk the system for as long as we possibly can.
Wonder what they'll do in 2020? Will a bunch of corporate 'headquarters' suddenly shift away from Ireland? I noticed that when I paid for advertising on Facebook, my agreement was with Facebook Ireland.
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If we ever needed proof that big business runs Governments, the laws on Tax Havens prove it.
It would be no problem for the US and EU to sit down and make a law saying that the main HQ, where the most people are employed or where the sales are made, is the country where Corporation Taxes are paid. They could even Block countries like Panama, Bermuda, Caymans, as places where profits can be sent to.
They don't. They prefer to run the country into debts, cut back on services for the
ordinary people or let them bear the tax burden.
The strange part is some Americans think these companies are marvelous and happy to pay for these companies immoral ass licking tax dodging.
They might even elect a President who is up to his eyes in it. A President who tries to appeal to the common man, as he ass fucks them.
