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pulse7 on Aug 30, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Commission says Ireland granted undue tax benefits...

Companies try to pay the taxes by the "legal minimum" principle: pay what is required, but not more. If you have 2 parking slots in the downtown next to each other and one of them is cheaper, you will park where is cheaper... Why pay more if not required?

Question is: Did politicians, who created such laws, received bribes?

tobltobs on Aug 30, 2016 [–]

The double irish is more like parking your car on the bicycle lane.

osi on Aug 30, 2016 | [–]

.. which means only the bicyclists will complain. everyone else thinks there's no problem :)

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