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Coca-Cola Taxes (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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News: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2024/08/06/coca-cola-could-face-16-billion-irs-bill-after-its-tax-court-arguments-fall-flat/

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

we must never take any action against companies they'll just raise prices or leave the country or fire everyone or or or or or

If they really have you so much by the balls then they're a threat and need to be taken down

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Keep going, I’m listening.

All my comment was saying is that this is a toothless judgment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Getting 16 billion in back taxes isn't toothless.... It's making them pay their fair share....

Toothless would be if there was no way to force them to pay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

it's better than nothing, and Coke has competitors that aren't getting fined, so their hands are somewhat tied