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Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

255 points · 249 comments · gmays

  1. mmaunder · · focus · HN ↗
    Reminds me of my younger australian cattledog. It's not about what he's getting. It's about what my other dog is that he could be getting. So the whole time he's got a full bowl in front of him, he's death staring my other dog in case he abandons his bowl.

    It's fascinating watching the wealthiest country in the world get butthurt over a company that employs 70,000 W2 employees who has paid around $39 billion in taxes in the past 5 years - and that's just federal and excludes e.g. property taxes and payroll. That's more than the GDP of Iceland or Honduras. Them legally avoiding a few billion only matters if you're a nyt journo out of news worth printing.

    1. devindotcom · · focus · HN ↗
      in other words, you think that if you're rich enough, you are beyond the law?
      1. hnav · · focus · HN ↗
        the rich already pay enough, just let it trickle down, trust me bro
    2. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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