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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

It sounds so bizarre that Ireland has been fighting in court to avoid having to receive €13bn from Apple.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Because its main export was/is being a tax haven inside the EU.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah I get that, and that’ll be because of the long term financial benefits of enticing the companies there. But still…€13bn is a mad figure.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

With 13 billion I could easily bribe every politician in the world to eradicate daylight savings.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ok but can we keep it on the summer time? I like later sunsets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Why not make it eternal? We shall save the daylight

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Finally! Someone who’s working on the issues I actually care about!

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