• coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Well. Amazon didn’t make a profit for a long while. Maybe still not? EBITDA? Idk their current numbers, but I’m assuming there’s a lot of Hollywood Accounting happening.

      I think closing those types of loopholes is the place we should start. Circling around: these campaign promises are easy to make, hard to keep.

      It requires knowledge of accounting, economics, law, tech, politics…few people, if any, have that breadth of knowledge and connections.

      I would be impressed with a politician if they had a solid how on these items. Otherwise: talk is cheap.

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        3 months ago

        Congress has access to the brightest economic consultants to navigate everything, that’s not a problem. Closing loopholes is a logical next step. Just need to overcome the narrow margins and procedural fuck you manuevers to actually get things done.

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          3 months ago

          I agree, with the caveat that your last sentence is a little hand-wavey. The word “Just” makes it seem easier than it is. People are easily swayed & bought. It’s wrong, but it is a thing.