Saturday, May 25, 2013
Not really contradiction
Listening to various discussions of Apple, Google, Amazon, tax shelters, "post-box companies." As rich countries pretend to criticize corporations for tax evasion, I notice an interesting contradiction on the surface, which disappears at a deeper level.
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On the surface:
(1) In matters of trade, all rich countries insist that tariffs are evil. Free trade is God, and massive free trade organizations like EU and NAFTA are God's prophets.
(2) In matters of taxation, all rich countries insist on having their own tax policy. No coordination, no treaties. Protectionism is God. Even EU countries have their own tax policies.
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Deeper level, looking at consequences and inferring intentions:
(1) In matters of trade, rich countries insist on sending all jobs to poor countries. We must NEVER allow any of our own people to have good jobs!
(2) In matters of taxation, rich countries insist on sending all taxes to poor countries. We must NEVER balance our own budgets. We must NEVER serve our own people!
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The common factor is clear. We'll do whatever it takes to freeze and starve our own people, whatever it takes to collapse our own country, in order to enrich a few super-rich fuckheads!
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