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Tax-dodging by Apple and Nike

mercredi 8 novembre 2017 à 01:00

When Ireland made itself less attractive for tax-dodging, Apple nominally relocated some of its income to Jersey.

Over 250 billion dollars went along with that.

Nike funnels its money through various countries, through a path that includes a subsidiary that claims not to be located in any country.

These and other tax-dodging companies say they do this because it is lawful, but why is it lawful? Because their political power prevents governments from changing their laws to put a stop to it.

Giving the bully the finger

mercredi 8 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Juli Briskman gave the bully the finger as he rode past her, and the jerks that employed her fired her, making a hypocritical excuse to put her in the wrong.

I suspect that the bosses, aside from being hypocrites, expected retribution from government clients if they did not fire her. They support plutocratic rule out of their cowardice.

UK tax-dodging

mercredi 8 novembre 2017 à 01:00

The UK fights stubbornly to preserve global tax-dodging.

Tax havens

mercredi 8 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Bernie Sanders points to tax havens as the way the world's oligarchs rip off the rest of the world.

Restoring the Everglades

mercredi 8 novembre 2017 à 01:00

Florida is running a megaproject to restore some of the natural water circulation of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.

To truly protect the Everglades requires curbing global heating before we cause so much sea-level rise that this whole part of Florida becomes ocean.