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> including automation taking away jobs from Americans What about the explicit intentional policy? > along with regulatory capture that has allow bad policy and ability to pay $0 in taxes like Amazon Don't you mean the lack of?
Not sure what you're referencing re: explicit intentional policy? Re: Bad policy - certainly there is policy that was crafted to benefit industry at the cost of society, the environment, surely lacking good policy. Like why is VAT in existence in ~160 countries around the world but not in the US? Do you consider that lacking of policy? That's more regulatory capture leading to politicians being elected who protect th…
I'm talking about NAFTA and other trade deals like it. You referenced automation as taking jobs from Americans, when in reality trade deals arguably had much more of a role in doing that. I misread the second point, but I'm not sure what VAT has to do with anything here.