Someone will ALWAYS find a way around whatever laws are put in place, perhaps a better approach would be to play these companies at their own game. A game where brand is *everything*
Prime-time TV adverts, funded by government, in which the worst tax evasion offenders are daily named and shamed. It doesn't matter what loophole a company finds, if they're evading tax then they'll be named and a boycott will be inevitable. The goals then change from minimising tax to balancing it against potential loss of revenue from being caught. The arrangement should easily pay for itself. Legislation could even mandate such adverts as being in the public interest and set the price that broadcasters must accept to avoid them milking the system. On 14 November 2012 11:56, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it>wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:39:52 +0100, Ricky Clarkson < > ricky.clark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's like saying it's ok to murder someone if you happen across an area >> without any laws against murder (e.g., the Moon, Antarctica(?)). >> > > Let's not confuse the personal and public profiles. Most people here would > hopefully say it's not ok to murder someone in such a case. This is because > in most people moral attitude killing is not good. But there's no doubt > that nobody would be able to prosecute the murderer and jail him. I presume > we're here talking about practical things, right? That is, have the > murdered jailed and corporates paying the taxes we think they should pay. > > It's also to be said that things aren't so black/white as in your example. > In many countries, for instance, people can be legally killed because they > have been sentenced to death, or because they are homosexual, or because > they have had sexual intercourses outside the marriage, or even just > because they expressed some personal belief which is not approved by the > authorities. While we can express our strong disagree (moral point of > view), as soon as there are laws in those countries that allow to kill > them, they will be still killed. I'm not interested in talks, rather in > concrete actions. > > In all these cases, no law, no solution. Moral points of view of people > are useful as they translate in a political view and elect governments that > apply them. > > So, back to the origial topic, I'm with Uberto, the "bug" is with > governments that are not able to design the proper laws. As soon there's a > loophole, a skilled lawyer will find it and elaborate a strategy to exploit > it. No big talk will prevent him from doing that. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
