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Re: Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal

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I'm not sure it's so easy. If you own 51% of a company, which owns a slice of a company, which does business in America, does this grant uncle same the right to collect 5% of your profits? Sounds pretty imperial. Here's another idea though: Arrange things so that the taxes owed depend on the goods sold, not on any ownership structure. Don't sell goods in the US? No problem. Sell mostly in the US? Who cares about your…

>I'm not sure it's so easy. If you own 51% of a company, which owns a slice of a company, which does business in America, does this grant uncle same the right to collect 5% of your profits? Sounds pretty imperial. Well, you run into that kind of issue when you allow spontaneous incorporation. If anything, incorporation should likely be handled a bit more like immigration in the sense you recognize an entity incorpora…

I think you are saying that buying or selling shares should be as difficult as immigration? Or only if the buyer and seller are in different countries?

Re: Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal

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Regardless of any particular politics, they seem like a politically expedient target. Everybody hates them (while using their products, which is funny), and they aren't a big government contractor.

Some of us do not like the dumpster fire and do not warm ourselves with it.

Also the fact that everybody hates and uses it would be ironic and sad, not funny.

Re: Facebook tax court trial begins over Ireland offshore deal

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You are wrong. He who has the guns and the men to use them makes the rules. Gold can be seized, guns must be fought for

historically gold buys guns (armies)

Guns and armies allow you to take gold
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