People Twitter

5539 readers

549 users here now

People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

RULES:

Mark NSFW content.
No doxxing people.
Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
No bullying or international politcs
Be excellent to each other.
Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

1892

Coca-Cola Taxes (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

178 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/112956139620337300

News: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/08/06/coca-cola-could-face-16-billion-irs-bill-after-its-tax-court-arguments-fall-flat/

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Etterra 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact, most laws are written by the corporations to which they apply. There's no possible way for politicians to actually write all of the laws, so they rely on their corporate ~~paymasters~~ lobbyists to go ahead and write them, then have their staff skim through it all, and then sign off on it before it goes off to the chamber for a vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There's no possible way for politicians to actually write all of the laws

Then they can ask nonprofits for help, or transition to liquid democracy, or just write simpler fewer laws. What they're doing now is worse than doing nothing.