Tuesday, 4 December 2012

When Government Does It

Having done the rounds in the US a few days ago, I fully expected this to have popped up over here by now. But as it hasn't (AFAICS) ...


I was minded of this after reading Anna Raccoon's article on Starbucks.
Having harried and humiliated Starbucks, against all the rules of chugging, to find a way to increase their profits and thus pay more tax, Starbucks finally agreed and went away to think about it.
Another to add to the sample list (picked from thousands of other examples of state hypocrisy) above.

H/T Reddit Lib