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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•edit-21 year agoBut this could be said about every industry, right? Oh, if we would be not be taxed, we would be more competitive worldwide.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIndeed, but aviation is slightly more mobile than say steel production. It’s a bad excuse nonetheless, if you ask me!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt’s really not. It’s the most immobile industry there is. They literally have to land in the places where people want to go to, they can’t just produce their “goods” anywhere and ship them.
But this could be said about every industry, right? Oh, if we would be not be taxed, we would be more competitive worldwide.
Indeed, but aviation is slightly more mobile than say steel production. It’s a bad excuse nonetheless, if you ask me!
It’s really not. It’s the most immobile industry there is. They literally have to land in the places where people want to go to, they can’t just produce their “goods” anywhere and ship them.