Google's employees and founders have been unflinchingly supportive of Democrat candidates and policies. Those candidates and policies generally favor higher tax rates and oppose tax cuts "for the rich", and favor greater government spending on social programs. But now they're going out of their way to launder their money to avoid those same taxes.
Is it evil? No. Taxes are evil. Is it hypocritical? Yep. You get to say all the right things to your pinko NoCal, silicon valley buddies, while avoiding the punitive policies you want to impose of everybody else and pocketing some extra cash for yourself.
Lovely.
Washington is run by Democrats, top to bottom. They passed this bill. Just wanted to point that out in case anybody thinks one party has a greater affinity for freedom than the other.
The state profits on gambling from horse racing and the state lottery. The Indian casino lobby is huge. Since the online guys don't kick back to the state, and since the Indians have deeper pockets, guess who gets the shaft?
Nothing to do with the churches this time.
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Google's employees and founders have been unflinchingly supportive of Democrat candidates and policies. Those candidates and policies generally favor higher tax rates and oppose tax cuts "for the rich", and favor greater government spending on social programs. But now they're going out of their way to launder their money to avoid those same taxes. Is it evil? No. Taxes are evil. Is it hypocritical? Yep. You get to say all the right things to your pinko NoCal, silicon valley buddies, while avoiding the punitive policies you want to impose of everybody else and pocketing some extra cash for yourself. Lovely.
Washington is run by Democrats, top to bottom. They passed this bill. Just wanted to point that out in case anybody thinks one party has a greater affinity for freedom than the other.
The state profits on gambling from horse racing and the state lottery. The Indian casino lobby is huge. Since the online guys don't kick back to the state, and since the Indians have deeper pockets, guess who gets the shaft? Nothing to do with the churches this time.