By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026When the trade war was confined to symbolic terrain, Carney's elbows remained reliably elevated. But outside the realm of symbols, Carney's elbows wilted. 14/ 2639
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026Take the Digital Services tax, a plan to charge America's tax-evading tech giants a 3% levy to make up for the untaxed profits they keep by pretending to be Irish. 15/ 39912
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026So long as Trump's tech giants can dodge their tax obligations, they can always outcompete Canada's tech sector, who are expected to pay 38% federal and provincial tax. 16/ 1899
samcborn.bsky.social @samcborn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026American tax-evading tech giants gifted at every turn. 010
Havelock Vetinari @havelockvetinari.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Honestly, if there was such as an EU army the best and first thing it should do would be to invade the Republic of Ireland. 000