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Originally Posted by Neil
It would be better if the tax rules weren't so poor that companies can legally pay little tax.
You can't blame a business for legally reducing it's outgoings. They are in business to make money.
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And it would also be a good thing if one asked the question, "Why are the tax rules so poor?" It's no accident.
If you have any spare time, William L. Shirer's "Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940" has some interesting chapters on how big business and it's leaders, and their unwillingness to pay their fair share, contributed mightily to the defeat of France in WW ll.
By the by, as you are no doubt aware, "caritas" is one of the three theological virtues, along with some faith, and some of what was left in Pandora's box ... it should come from the heart and the soul ... it should not be a public relations exercise.