• emerald@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I’d actually be willing to bet that we (the US taxpayer) paid those corporations for the privilege of their continued existence

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      2 months ago

      Durrr. We need them to trickle down on some workers cause otherwise there wouldn’t be any jobs.

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        2 months ago

        Indeed, they could simply choose to bunker their wealth in a tax oasis and just keep taking and taking without ever giving anything back. And according to studies they do exactly that.

        Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh yes, the precipitations that they do decide to shower those beneath them with are then obviously worth their weight in gold. A golden shower, if you will.