▲ 474 ▼ Mark Zuckerberg sure sounds eager to get young people hooked on online gambling (www.motherjones.com) submitted 4 months ago by madeindex@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 59 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) Why or how would a tax do that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kgbbot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because society added a "going in public" tax for assholes like him? We could do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago i follow, but there's a bedrock legal principle that the government can't levy a tax on one person. (basically they don't want the government picking on individuals) can't remember what it's called, but we'd need to make it broad enough it's not focused specifically on him. which would lower the effectiveness of the Billionaires In Public Gotta Pay Me Money Because Fuck Them tax permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kgbbot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Because society added a "going in public" tax for assholes like him? We could do it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago i follow, but there's a bedrock legal principle that the government can't levy a tax on one person. (basically they don't want the government picking on individuals) can't remember what it's called, but we'd need to make it broad enough it's not focused specifically on him. which would lower the effectiveness of the Billionaires In Public Gotta Pay Me Money Because Fuck Them tax permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago i follow, but there's a bedrock legal principle that the government can't levy a tax on one person. (basically they don't want the government picking on individuals) can't remember what it's called, but we'd need to make it broad enough it's not focused specifically on him. which would lower the effectiveness of the Billionaires In Public Gotta Pay Me Money Because Fuck Them tax permalink fedilink source parent