Comment by toomuchtodo

Comment by toomuchtodo 14 hours ago

Ohio senator introduces 25% tax on companies that outsource jobs overseas - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45146528 - September 2025

https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/new-moreno-bill...

https://www.moreno.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The...

(if you're a company with no US nexus or presence, and no access to the market, your hiring practices are up to your local jurisdiction; if you want access to the US market, you can hire in the US, I find this to be very reasonable)

epolanski 7 hours ago

If you're a US company that wants access to the Italian market you can hire in Italy.

I find this very reasonable.

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JumpCrisscross 13 hours ago

This bill is a hunk of Swiss cheese. Great for lawyers and bankers and possibly global tech companies, depending on how it parses out in court.

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toomuchtodo 13 hours ago

I'm willing to walk before running. Have to start somewhere.

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- JumpCrisscross 13 hours ago
  
  > willing to walk before running. Have to start somewhere
  It doesn’t walk anywhere. It’s another handout to finance and law. The B2B carve-out and lack of border adjustments makes this a regressive tax on consumers and manufacturers to fund tech, law and finance. (The only jobs this would materially cover are those in call centres for consumers. Which in practice, means voice LLMs.)
  Like, I made money from tariffs. I will do well from the OBBA. I will do well from this bill. But American consumers and workers will keep getting screwed, and I’m not sure how this playbook keeps working.
  
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  lovich 9 hours ago
  
  >… I’m not sure how this playbook keeps working.
  Just toss 170 billion to one of your various police forces so you’ve got the manpower to tamp down any tantrums from the people. It’s a pretty well worn tactic
  
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