Imagine spending that much money specifically to not contribute to society. And not being willing to pay for the public resources you use more than your share of.
You could almost say a that would be a really unhealthy place to live when the influential and powerful in a society and country think that is the best use of their position.
Sorry, I can't imagine possessing that much.
People jump subway turnstiles all the time and pay money to smart accountants to choose a low tax strategy.
The desire to not pay your share is pretty common in humanity.
Dude spends 0.00018% of his worth to save 5% of his worth. If he just paid the 5% he'd be left with a paltry $235000000000. That's hardly enough to buy eggs.
The cost of fighting it should be equal or more than what they would’ve paid in taxes, so they would be forced to just accept it instead.
The man clearly disagrees with the implication that he has too much money and he should instead be free to do with it what he pleases, which without irony, includes proving that he has too much money by spending it to lobby against us and convince us otherwise.
It’s one tax act Michael, how much could it cost?
Remember when Google used to say "Don't be evil"?
Tax the bastard.
Techbro mind virus dissolved his humanity.
shouldn't have pushed that stupid id verification law through tax these assholes
I find the US legal system more amusing the more I keep stumbling on these cases.
Spend enough money lobbying or just file a suit against the state, win, and you can get a law repealed.
Meanwhile, here...
The governmente draws a project of law.
The parliamente debates, votes it, discusses it in specialty commitee, votes it again, reviews it until it can get a majority to pass, gets shipped to the President for promulgation and if it gets ratified, it becomes law and is it.
You have an issue with, you draw your case against the law itself, take it to the Constitutional Court and if you have a case, the law gets to be reviewed and rectified. Not taken down: reviewed. Once a law, unless it gets completely repealed, by another law, you're stuck with it.
The rich can lobby in your country too.
The parliamente debates, votes it, discusses it in specialty commitee, votes it again, reviews it until it can get a majority to pass,
Not enough rich people to lobby.
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