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by alkonaut 3066 days ago
Here's an idea: don't let states make targeted tax breaks to race to the bottom. That seems to work in the EU. Apple paid 1% in Ireland and simply had to pay up the difference to the normal tax rate.
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Don’t let ... The only one that can do that is the US Supreme Court.
Somehow it always ends up there, like that's a "legal no go". I.e. "that would have to go through the supreme court" or "that's the constitution". I realize it's hard to change some things (like how is Gerrymandering for political views allowed?) but is it that hard that it's meaningless to attempt? Doesn't that mean (in the case of the Gerrymandering example) that US democracy is fundamentally broken AND can't be repaired?
Passing an amendment to the constitution is very hard.
Congress could do it just by imposing a 100% tax on income attributable to an agreement providing an abatement of generally-applicable state or local taxes.