tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495601837554159435.post4802149221187361059..comments2023-08-08T02:26:23.907-05:00Comments on Blog of Timothy, Son of Peter: Are companies such as Amazon, Apple, and Google morally bankrupt because of their attempts to minimize their income tax?Tim Faragehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08104599438906310838noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495601837554159435.post-47731717149586817672017-01-31T22:14:11.387-06:002017-01-31T22:14:11.387-06:00Paul,
I do agree that taxes are necessary. It'...Paul,<br /><br />I do agree that taxes are necessary. It's mainly the income tax that I have a problem with.<br /><br />If Apple pays no income tax in Ireland that's fine with me. But if they pay no property tax, that would not be fair. Are you sure Apple pays no property tax in Ireland?<br /><br />TimTim Faragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104599438906310838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495601837554159435.post-4554196978838418252017-01-31T19:36:19.445-06:002017-01-31T19:36:19.445-06:00Long time reader, first time commenter,
So taxes ...Long time reader, first time commenter,<br /><br />So taxes are complex, and while I understand your reasoning for moral vs unmoral taxes I think your unfairly siding with corporations on this argument. Apple didn't pick its site (of ireland) because the do not have a unmoral tax on income they placed in ireland to avoid paying taxes in general(specifically income). Is Apple still morally right if they relocate to a location with 0 property tax and mine/buy resources from other locations that don't charge a resource tax? Justifying taxes as moral/unmoral is perhaps the wrong stance to take with taxes. Being able to improves ones life is a motivation for itself. Taxes should be designed to be both partially equal and partially fair with this being a optimization equation in regards to getting enough money to pay for things required by government/people without unduly detrimentally charging any one group. Just my two cents (taxes will probably always be difficult but as part of the social contract you wanna play in the US you should be willing to pay the US etc. Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495601837554159435.post-35263647147052439982016-09-08T14:40:14.340-05:002016-09-08T14:40:14.340-05:00Tim, this is the best of your blogs that I have se...Tim, this is the best of your blogs that I have seen, in my view! It gave me a lot to think about. Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495601837554159435.post-60959391045852977942016-09-08T14:31:57.473-05:002016-09-08T14:31:57.473-05:00Our company decided not to invert our headquarters...Our company decided not to invert our headquarters to a low tax country in Europe about 15 years ago. Maybe we should have. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com