[johnnyanmac]

Good, let them leave, then. I'm tired of this excuse of "but the parasites are crucial to our way of life". As if the invisible hand won't have dozens of other companies to compete and fill the void should the monopoly man walk away with his money.

They've had decades to move to Dubai or New Zealand or whatever other magical country doesn't tax its residents. I wonder why they choose to stay in one of the richest countries in the world instead?

[hsbauauvhabzb]

My point is they can still influence the US even if they / their money isn’t there.

Do you really live in that much of a US-centric bubble where you don’t realise outside influence exists?

[johnnyanmac]

>they can still influence the US even if they / their money isn’t there.

Sure, but I wager not being in the US means less money. And thus less influence

> Do you really live in that much of a US-centric bubble where you don’t realise outside influence exists?

Adding any friction to their influence is a good thing, in my eyes.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

No, your trillion dollar company invests all its money in offshore companies which just happen to be owned or controlled by you.

[johnnyanmac]

Cool, more american companies to invest in.

[michaelmrose]

You realize that there is no sort of outsized influence we couldn't declare illegal?

[hsbauauvhabzb]

I’m not sure you know how the world works lol.

[michaelmrose]

I do we are discussing whether the problem is theoretically solveable not whether it would be politically possible.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

So in layman’s terms, you haven’t solved the problem.