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Don't tech employees pay the same income and sales taxes as anybody else? Every age has its booming industry, technology is our generation's. You can either acc
by null_ptr 13y ago
Don't tech employees pay the same income and sales taxes as anybody else? Every age has its booming industry, technology is our generation's. You can either accept reality and try to acquire relevant skills that are in demand, or act hurt and expect to get handed what others have to work for.
- greenyoda 13y agoActually, they pay more taxes than the average resident. Higher-income people have higher income tax rates, buy more stuff (hence more sales tax) and live in more expensive real estate (higher property tax). If not for high-income people, the cities they live in would not be able to offer the services they do to low-income people.
- kenrikm 13y agoNail Meet Head. It's convenient to ignore this fact.
- blahbl4hblahtoo 13y agoGoogle shelters a great deal of tax money outside of the us...
- icebraining 13y agoMoney that was also earned outside the US.
- blahbl4hblahtoo 13y agoGoogle is an American company in an area that desperately needs the tax revenue. Even the money they "earn in the US" is washed through subsidiaries overseas.
- pekk 13y agoSubtext: if you make good money, you have no social responsibility beyond paying the taxes your accountant can't get you out of paying