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Originally Posted by MattW
Two things: (1) Corporations like Amazon (well, maybe not Amazon, but rather Big Oil, Big Electronics & other multinationals) lobbied politicians in order to get these loopholes (or leave them open).
I get your point, but you're mistaken - there's no dichotomy between politics and big business. I thought everybody knew that by now. Amazon isn't merely playing the cards it's been dealt, it stacked the deck, dealt the cards and now claims to be "merely playing by the rules". I have to call BS on that one.
(2) I do not believe that complaining here is going to change anything. I'm not that naive. I just like to discuss stuff. 
Matt |
Regardless of the extent of the influence of big business on politicians -- and I think you exaggerate that influence -- it's the voters who are still rubber-stamping the policies by continuing to vote certain politicians in. So to the extent of that influence between the two groups, we are also voting for the big companies to continue their policies, whatever they may be. We the people are dealing these cards to Amazon, Apple, Google, etc. and telling them to continue on their merry ways.
If you want things changed, don't keep voting in the politicians who will so readily get into bed with big business.
In the meantime, there are politicians who are pushing for change in the way big multinationals such as Apple, Amazon and Google are taxed. In a pluralistic country such as the U.S., that change comes slowly. But at least they acknowledge the problems.
--Pat