<story><title>Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger</title><url>http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-whatsapp-european-commission-charges-misleading-merger-claim/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alivelore</author><text>If the US had the same taxation and regulatory environment as Europe you wouldn&amp;#x27;t have Facebook in the first place lol</text></item><item><author>mkaziz</author><text>I wish the US had laws like the EU that protected the consumer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ewood</author><text>The US has higher absolute and effective corporate tax rates than EU countries and almost every country in the OECD.&lt;p&gt;Tax treatment of equity compensation varies among European nations though.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsApp merger</title><url>http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/12/facebook-whatsapp-european-commission-charges-misleading-merger-claim/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alivelore</author><text>If the US had the same taxation and regulatory environment as Europe you wouldn&amp;#x27;t have Facebook in the first place lol</text></item><item><author>mkaziz</author><text>I wish the US had laws like the EU that protected the consumer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mkaziz</author><text>Funnily, I&amp;#x27;d be okay with that. I guess I&amp;#x27;m just an old fogey though.</text></comment>