| ▲ | jrm4 4 hours ago |
| Unlike the big companies who do this, which often are merely impure scams on tax payer money a little more downstream. |
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| ▲ | philipallstar 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Companies that generate loads of corporation tax, income tax, and VAT revenue are the exact opposite of wastes of public money. |
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| ▲ | jrm4 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, when they do so proportional to what they take, especially as compared to individuals and their tax liabilities. You'll have to let me know when that finally happens, because that ain't now. |
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| ▲ | carlosjobim 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Great, now we're defending embezzlement and fraud with public funds on HN, because we really really hate big business. A child caught doing something bad will cry "but my friends also did it!", is that the level of reasoning hackers want to be at? |
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| ▲ | blanched 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | That seems like a bad faith read to me. Nobody is defending it, just pointing out the irony / hypocrisy. Two things can be bad, and they can be related. | |
| ▲ | sdevonoes 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | There are no hackers around here anymore. HN is mainly about business nowadays | | | |
| ▲ | jrm4 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | What part of that said "defense?" They can both be bad. | |
| ▲ | lostlogin 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Great, now we're defending embezzlement I might be missing something, but I don’t see anyone defending the the scams. |
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