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Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax. Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1.4 Percent. (truthout.org)
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Those numbers seem too small to motivate people. Use the cost to taxpayers - those number will scream into their heads.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They're using European numeral system. They're saying exactly what you're suggesting; the financial burden in the form of a tax.

    $1,000
$5,000
$20,000

    I do wish we used the decimal for our numerals here in the States. I like the Japanese placement of 4 orders rather than the 3-order system of the west. Less clutter.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I personally dislike the Japanese style because it makes translating such a hassle. For my first instinct is to say, "100-something", when I see 100万 but in reality, it's 1 million. Because of the 万, the next big numbers don't quite match with the western ones. I grew up thinking million was 億, billion was 兆 (I wasn't a smart boy), only to realize that wasn't the case much later in life when knowing the difference actually matter in real life.

    The inconsistency also bothers me because we never write one million (100万) as 100'0000 when using Arabic numerals. We use 1'000'000.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Using a comma for a hard delineation point is just ridiculous.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Yeah we use the hard delineation point to separate dollars from cents. $54.93 Thus making it clear you changed from one unit to another. Now say it's stupid that we put the $ in front, because that is dumb when reading it (but I can understand for easy spotting)

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