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Painful day for tech titans as EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into them (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Won't someone think of the poor shareholders /s

[โ€“] Cosmicomical 6 points 8 months ago

You are right, we should tax capital gains drastically so to disincentivise speculation, and force investor to rely on dividends. This would put a stop on the crazy run for growth we are experiencing as companies try to make their market valuation go up in this unsustainable eternal race to the top.