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by ben_w 3206 days ago
> just want to get their grubby hand in those poor companies

I find it fascinating that such emotive language is used. Taxation is pretty much the least "grubby" hand a government has (military: give us all your stuff, legislature: do all our work for us, we will tell you what we think adequate compensation is); and these companies are not only not poor, they are among the richest on the planet and they got almost all of that wealth this century.

But why won't anyone think of those poor, starving, unemployed, multi billion dollar international corporations? :P

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> I find it fascinating that such emotive language is used.

I thought that the sarcastic tone was clear :)

I hear it too often from people who say it in earnest, sorry. :)