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by fleitz 4336 days ago
This isn't a PR case, it's a court case, fuck what anyone who is not the judge thinks, lawyer up and go get some money.

Do you think the execs at Google/Apple care what Joe the plumber thinks about how much money they make. No, they're going to court to beat the settlement down.

You can be broke and have the adoration of the poor, or you can be rich and hated by the poor.

(There is a 3rd option which is chuck a few thousand at a democratic politician, and write an op ed piece in the NYT every few years about how the rich should pay more taxes, and enjoy not paying taxes.)