Mr. Ambien Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Google is doing what a company does.. reduce costs. That indeed is capitalism. No problem there, and no reason to chastise Google. The problem here is government and these "incentives". There has been far too much collusion between private enterprise and government in the form of "incentives", subsidies, stimulus, or bailouts, the kind of stuff that makes me severely dislike Keynesian economics due to the collusion between government and business that simply shouldn't exist, as it opens the doors to the type of corporatocracy the US has turned into.. case in point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Google is doing what any smart large corp would do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Google is doing what any smart large corp would do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I don't understand how wanting to keep your own money is immoral and greedy, yet seizing and spending other people's is selfless and awesome. I am not a billionaire, but I still do my best to avoid being mugged. It's perfectly rational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoreanHockeyFan Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Google is doing what a company does.. reduce costs. That indeed is capitalism. No problem there, and no reason to chastise Google. The problem here is government and these "incentives". There has been far too much collusion between private enterprise and government in the form of "incentives", subsidies, stimulus, or bailouts, the kind of stuff that makes me severely dislike Keynesian economics due to the collusion between government and business that simply shouldn't exist, as it opens the doors to the type of corporatocracy the US has turned into.. case in point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Well you don't know what making money of the backs of others means then. Too many big corporations act as if they owe nothing to consumers. When in fact they owe everything to them. I guess the age of corporate slavery is coming along nicely though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 lol it always has to be some elementary left v right thing, time to realize both parties are ridiculously corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 That was my thought as well. Unfortunately, with the Republicans controlling the House, I don't see any real changes on the horizon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 And here lies an issue. The income tax act is extremely complicated and I doubt there are more than 5 people in the legislature could find a CCA rate in the income tax act if it slapped them in the face. So they get external help from tax experts at big 4 firms and top tax law firms whose biggest clients, that they make millions off, are the corporations who are paying them to figure out how to get them out of paying taxes. A small conflict of interest. Tax law/tax anything, is extremely lucrative for those who desire it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwings Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 There's a wealth of resources availabe to learn stratagies that work for just about everyone. The fact that most people don't even know what a TFSA or RRSP is (hint: it's not a GIC or mutual fund) even though many might actually posess them shows that it's primarily apathy guiding the ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgillnuck Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I don't understand how wanting to keep your own money is immoral and greedy, yet seizing and spending other people's is selfless and awesome. I am not a billionaire, but I still do my best to avoid being mugged. It's perfectly rational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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