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estearumtoday at 1:14 AM3 repliesview on HN

Please don't refer to bribes as taxes. Extremely, extremely counterproductive.


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stingraycharlestoday at 3:59 AM

I assume the HN community is smart enough to pick up on “taxes” as meaning bribery, especially when they link an article explaining how SpaceX did that through an IPO mechanism that rewarded the current administration.

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Quarrelsometoday at 2:40 AM

they used quotes. Is nuance dead?

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throwawayffffastoday at 2:19 PM

It's not taxes, it's "taxes" or "settlement".