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Interesting_Total_98 t1_j7kszwn wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in MTA spent twice as much on Second Ave subway consultants as it did on its construction by NYY657545
It at least helps reduce traffic.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_j0kdi8z wrote
Reply to comment by zepprith in Angelina Jolie bows out as envoy for U.N. refugee agency by Worldly_Pirate_9817
The main purpose of the organization is for the most powerful nations to talk to each other. Kicking any of them out would go against this, but I get why she doesn't want to be a part of it.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_iucmb6i wrote
Reply to comment by GreedyNovel in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
Government spending mostly benefits its citizens, such as building the roads that companies to use to supply their operations. The money spent on bombs is a fraction of the budget.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_iu2c2c2 wrote
Reply to comment by hawklost in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
You missed the point. They'd like to see individual countries tax corporations more.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_iu2c26z wrote
Reply to comment by Amori_A_Splooge in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
You missed the point. They'd like to see individual countries tax corporations more.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_iu1v4tg wrote
Reply to comment by Amori_A_Splooge in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
Countries individually implementing taxation counts as a global solution, so your reply is pointless.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_iu1usfz wrote
Reply to comment by Mist_Rising in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
Nothing they quoted contradicts the outrage. I don't see comments here calling it illegal or inexplicable, and many are skeptical of tax breaks like this one.
> It also does not cover profits made from forecourts, from refining or from trading shipments of oil and gas – areas where the company has made huge sums this year.
Interesting_Total_98 t1_j7kt7wg wrote
Reply to comment by drpvn in MTA spent twice as much on Second Ave subway consultants as it did on its construction by NYY657545
Sin taxes are effective. People don't like losing money.