China Launches Probe into Alibaba over Monopoly Allegations (bloomberg.com) 2 points by theBashShell 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] sacks2k 5y ago ↗ Jack Ma is a Communist party member and you can't get to the level of Alibaba without hiring government officials to run parts of your company.This is just a show of power from the Chinese government and has nothing to do with being a 'monopoly'. [–] aiscapehumanity 5y ago ↗ Regardless, meanwhile in America you can't even get amazon to pay taxes let alone inquire on monopoly anymore. [–] sacks2k 5y ago ↗ Amazon pays millions and millions of dollars in taxes. Most reports about Amazon not paying taxes are by people that don't know how the tax system actually works in the United States.
[–] aiscapehumanity 5y ago ↗ Regardless, meanwhile in America you can't even get amazon to pay taxes let alone inquire on monopoly anymore. [–] sacks2k 5y ago ↗ Amazon pays millions and millions of dollars in taxes. Most reports about Amazon not paying taxes are by people that don't know how the tax system actually works in the United States.
[–] sacks2k 5y ago ↗ Amazon pays millions and millions of dollars in taxes. Most reports about Amazon not paying taxes are by people that don't know how the tax system actually works in the United States.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 16.1 ms ] threadThis is just a show of power from the Chinese government and has nothing to do with being a 'monopoly'.