Re: [blind-democracy] World's Biggest Corporations Won't Pay Taxes at the Olympics

Question:
When is a minority not a minority?
Answer:
When it holds all the marbles.
We could just as well say that it is also when the minority proclaims
itself to be immortal, while the majority remains mere mortals. But,
we ask, how can so few stay on top so long!
The ancient Egyptian pyramid stands as a fine example. The very few
stand atop an ever larger base. Notice that the top is doing nothing,
holding up nothing? But the ever larger growing base is kept busy
holding up that which is above it.
And the reward for doing this deed? There is no reward. It is simply
the order of things.
Such power must be controlled by some Universal Law, else why would we
allow it to continue? In a sane world, the masses, the majority,
would simply spank the bottoms of the greedy corporations, take away
their piggy banks and send them to bed without any porridge.

Carl Jarvis





On 8/18/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Excerpt: "Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Visa and the rest of the corporate
> sponsors
> of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro won't be paying any taxes on the
> money they earn there due to a tax exemption law that's set to cost Brazil
> hundreds of millions of dollars."
>
> Rio de Janeiro. (photo: Olympic Committee)
>
>
> World's Biggest Corporations Won't Pay Taxes at the Olympics
> By teleSUR
> 18 August 16
>
> Brazil will lose about a billion dollars in revenue thanks to a law that
> turns the Olympics into a tax haven.
> Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Visa and the rest of the corporate sponsors of the
> Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro won't be paying any taxes on the money they
> earn there due to a tax exemption law that's set to cost Brazil hundreds of
> millions of dollars.
> The exemption, which lasts until Dec. 31, 2017, excludes from taxes revenue
> generated by advertising, product sales, imports and any other activity
> related to the organization of the games.
> "It is yet another manifestation of the privileges that multinationals
> worldwide have today," said Antonio Martins, director of the alternative
> Brazilian news outlet Outras Palavras. "And it's not an isolated event,
> which is limited to a sports mega event," he told the BBC.
> Brazil has 37 million people living in extreme poverty, its economy is
> currently in recession and the interim government of Senate-imposed
> President Michel Temer has approved a fiscal austerity program. Meanwhile,
> the country is expected to lose about a billion dollars in tax revenue
> thanks to the exemption, according to BBC.
> According to Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network, the tax exemption on
> corporations is a precondition forced on any candidate to host a world
> sport
> event.
> "Every country must accept that they will become a tax haven for these
> companies during a period of time," Fowler told the BBC.
> Among the main sponsor companies of Rio 2016 are Coca-Cola, McDonald's,
> Visa, Bridgestone, Samsung, Panasonic, Omega, Procter & Gamble, General
> Electric, Nissan, Globo, Nike, Microsoft and Airbnb.
> According to organizers, the Olympic Games are an opportunity for the host
> country to bring in tourists, invest in infrastructure and promote a
> healthy
> lifestyle among its citizens, but it's also true that most countries are in
> debt after the games and have to undertake severe austerity measures.
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>
> Rio de Janeiro. (photo: Olympic Committee)
> http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Worlds-Biggest-Corporations-Wont-Pay-T
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> World's Biggest Corporations Won't Pay Taxes at the Olympics
> By teleSUR
> 18 August 16
> Brazil will lose about a billion dollars in revenue thanks to a law that
> turns the Olympics into a tax haven.
> oca-Cola, McDonald's, Visa and the rest of the corporate sponsors of
> Error!
> Hyperlink reference not valid. in Rio de Janeiro won't be paying any taxes
> on the money they earn there due to a tax exemption law that's set to cost
> Brazil hundreds of millions of dollars.
> The exemption, which lasts until Dec. 31, 2017, excludes from taxes revenue
> generated by advertising, product sales, imports and any other activity
> related to the organization of the games.
> "It is yet another manifestation of the privileges that multinationals
> worldwide have today," said Antonio Martins, director of the alternative
> Brazilian news outlet Outras Palavras. "And it's not an isolated event,
> which is limited to a sports mega event," he told the BBC.
> Brazil has 37 million people living in extreme poverty, its economy is
> currently in recession and the interim government of Senate-imposed
> President Michel Temer has approved a fiscal austerity program. Meanwhile,
> the country is expected to lose about a billion dollars in tax revenue
> thanks to the exemption, according to BBC.
> According to Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network, the tax exemption on
> corporations is a precondition forced on any candidate to host a world
> sport
> event.
> "Every country must accept that they will become a tax haven for these
> companies during a period of time," Fowler told the BBC.
> Among the main sponsor companies of Rio 2016 are Coca-Cola, McDonald's,
> Visa, Bridgestone, Samsung, Panasonic, Omega, Procter & Gamble, General
> Electric, Nissan, Globo, Nike, Microsoft and Airbnb.
> According to organizers, the Olympic Games are an opportunity for the host
> country to bring in tourists, invest in infrastructure and promote a
> healthy
> lifestyle among its citizens, but it's also true that most countries are in
> debt after the games and have to undertake severe austerity measures.
> http://e-max.it/posizionamento-siti-web/socialize
> http://e-max.it/posizionamento-siti-web/socialize
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