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Comment by crotchfire

2 years ago

I am not proposing to cap anything. Please re-read the entire comment you're replying to, not just the first line.

My question was just following your "brainstorming". Sorry, I didn't explain myself correctly:

My point is that when you start arguing about capping and/or taxes you should take into account the concept of power, governments, and realpolitik into account. You can put a set of rules for handling corporate power (e.g. taxes) but those corporations could be really smart and move to another jurisdiction such as Ireland (e.g. Google) as a kind of safe heaven. In those cases the whole thinking turns more complex. Gaming the system is part of the game and every rule you put has a loophole except if a government is really strict and/or a dictatorship, and power (e.g. reality) plays there beyond the rules.

  • move to another jurisdiction such as Ireland

    The size tax should be applied to imports, just like VAT is.