[melesian]

If American companies don't want to pay taxes in Europe they can easily avoid doing so by staying home. If they prefer to earn profits in Europe they can comply with the law. As it is they do everything they can to avoid paying taxes, full stop, not just in Europe.

[pennaMan]

> they do everything they can to avoid paying taxes

as any rational entity should

[saubeidl]

A rational entity would want a functioning society, with working infrastructure and social systems, not a crumbling country on the verge of revolution. Guess what pays for that? Taxes.

Stop trying to rebrand selfishness as rationalism.

[nradov]

Do you voluntarily pay more than the minimum taxes required or are you selfish? And don't try to deflect the question by making spurious claims that wealthy individuals or corporations should be held to a higher standard. Give us a clear yes or no answer.

[saubeidl]

I voluntarily pay the taxes I am required to pay without resorting to any sketchy schemes to undermine the intent of tax law.

I also vote for parties that run on raising taxes on wealthy individuals like myself. It is a membership fee for living in a functioning society.

[nradov]

There's nothing "sketchy" about not wanting to pay extra taxes on free user accounts, so your response is disingenuous.

[saubeidl]

Sketchy is in the eye of the beholder.

In more corporate terms, my user sentiment has dropped given the way US companies have been trying to avoid paying their fair share.