It isn’t practical to stop lobbying...you can only flip it from legal to illegal. It is practical to simplify regulations to close loopholes, thereby limiting politicians’ ability to grant favors.
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i think headlines like this are a kind of mirror. if you see "amazon pays a whopping $0 taxes" and think the problem is the journalism... well, i'm not sure what else to tell you. amazon does pay a whopping zero taxes. i guess i'm the %0.01 that doesn't fit into your narrative
I don’t know how else to say it: the problem isn’t journalism, or Amazon. The problem is the government’s ability to grant favors.
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i don't know how else to say it, either: something being legal doesn't make it ok
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Tech worker launches federally felonious cannabis testing lab outside of higher-tax California.
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and "editorial style guidelines" are the solution?
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People learn about the world through the lens of journalism. Phrasing matters and has bias.
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