Posted on 08/19/2019 10:22:02 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
U.S. tech giants and an array of their trade groups slammed France over its new digital taxes law during a public hearing on Monday, arguing the legislation unfairly targets U.S. technology companies and could hobble their operations.
Representatives from Google, Facebook, and Amazon testified before a group of government officials investigating the digital services tax, laying out their arguments to a largely sympathetic panel that referred to the French law as unprecedented.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) launched a probe into France's digital taxes last month, using the same aggressive process that previously resulted in the Trump administration's implementation of significant tariffs on China.
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In order to build the great liberal Utopia, you have to raise taxes to fund the great liberal social justice agenda.
I guess the New Global Internet Plan, controlled and funded by billionaires from Silicon Valley isn’t quite working.
It’s kinda funny when you actually think about it.
I’m surprised they have not put a tax on air and sunlight.
The Beatles were right.
Digital taxes for Google, Facebook, and Amazon?
Sorry, no sympathy.
These companies are your enemies.
Tax them till they scream.
They should be happy to pay more to make a more just world.
I have no sympathy for these scumbags. They think nothing of subverting democracy around the world to make themselves richer-they DESERVE to get raided.
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