The Tiny Building Where 285,000 Businesses are Based

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ย. 2024
  • Learn new skills with Skillshare for free for two months at skl.sh/hai26
    Get a Half as Interesting t-shirt: standard.tv/co...
    Suggest a video and get a free t-shirt if we use it: halfasinteresti...
    Follow Sam from Half as Interesting on Instagram: / sam.from.wendover
    Follow Half as Interesting on Twitter: / halfinteresting
    Discuss this video on Reddit: / halfasinteresting
    Check out my other channel: / wendoverproductions
    Music by Epidemic Sound
    Written by Adam Chase

ความคิดเห็น • 1.4K

  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1689

    Want to evade some taxes? Well, guess what, if you’re given a free HAI t-shirt, which has (a very limited amount) of value, it qualifies as a gift and therefore you don’t have to pay taxes on it! Then you can just go sell it and then bam, free money. (My lawyer asked me to include a message saying that this is not legal advice, is not true, and that you should never take advice, legal or otherwise, from me.)
    How do you get a free HAI t-shirt? Glad you asked. Just submit a topic suggestion for HAI here and then, if we use it, you’ll get that free t-shirt shipped to wherever you are: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUdlvw6YgU44J8AnM2U_ZvRMyvh_CUM51LYSqF5nYJB9d1-w/viewform?usp=sf_link

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *Stonks*

    • @roninroninronin
      @roninroninronin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh

    • @ramkumarsuresh
      @ramkumarsuresh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just in time

    • @bruhmoment2262
      @bruhmoment2262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      hey can you make a video on how sans from undertale will inevitably take over the world ok thanks

    • @ronitsengupta7606
      @ronitsengupta7606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imma. Move to Delaware

  • @salientsolution5436
    @salientsolution5436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2880

    "A few dozen congressmen"
    That's some tasty shade there

    • @samcavanagh7993
      @samcavanagh7993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      it's funny cause congressmen are actually way way cheaper. Telecom lobbies payed less than $100k per most senators for $400 billion in federal funds

    • @SeidenFisk
      @SeidenFisk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      was looking for this exact comment. Cheers.

    • @salientsolution5436
      @salientsolution5436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @aljanat5 sorry mate, made this comment nearer the end of the video

    • @towhomthismyconcern
      @towhomthismyconcern 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah that was a nice one

    • @HusseinDoha
      @HusseinDoha 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samcavanagh7993 What $100K and $400B??? What do you meant?
      Also what Congressman get in campaign donations are more than $100k . During election seasons they get +$250k from companies. Congressmen face re-election every two years, versus Senators who face re-election every 6 years. So you have to sum-up how much the congressman got in in donations during the cycles the senator was not involved in. It's almost the same.
      So you have to calculat

  • @aidanlevy2841
    @aidanlevy2841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1924

    I think you low balled the number of Senators you can buy with $9,500,000,000, you get a bulk discount when you buy that many.

    • @jaybajan
      @jaybajan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      shit, you can buy the whole us gov with that 9billion and have millions left over for strippers and cocaine

    • @jaybajan
      @jaybajan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@belgianwaffles3877 have you seen the updates that Boston dynamics have done to their dogs?
      I wont be surprised if the usa military isnt planning on retro-fitting those dogs to be future drone dogs of war with 50cal sniper guns on to them lol

    • @juliab1954
      @juliab1954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      666 likes lol

  • @topshaggeralfieg9130
    @topshaggeralfieg9130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2648

    - Government: and where is your business set up?
    - CEO: Delaware
    - Government: how original
    - CEO: on 1209 orange street
    - Government: feeling daring today, aren’t we?

    • @SumitKumar-ce7ov
      @SumitKumar-ce7ov 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lol

    • @gabrieleporru4443
      @gabrieleporru4443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      What if someone accidentally *bombs* that place
      _Would be a shame_
      *_Wouldn't it?_*

    • @IcECreAm-sv2qv
      @IcECreAm-sv2qv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Gabriele Porru I wonder if that would actually effect the economy

    • @StewartLucrative
      @StewartLucrative 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What a dumb Lil script you wrote. I'm amazed it got so many likes.

    • @joni4830
      @joni4830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      StewartLucrative ‘Tis the law to like a spongebob reference

  • @megadoomer05
    @megadoomer05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    Something tells me that HAI has been sitting on a bunch of unused giraffe stock images/videos and dumped them all into this video.

  • @monitopower
    @monitopower 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3324

    it was all airplane free until 4:46

    • @desertblade1874
      @desertblade1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      And the airplane fetish continues...

    • @jorgetucson8196
      @jorgetucson8196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@desertblade1874 whats the problem?

    • @desertblade1874
      @desertblade1874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@jorgetucson8196 chill bro, it was just a comment. By now I'm waiting for another airplane video from Sam, hopefully he's not running out of ideas.

    • @jorgetucson8196
      @jorgetucson8196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@desertblade1874 no dude I was literally asking what's the problem cause I didn't notice that they talked too much about airplanes. What's the pattern?

    • @kimjong-oink6217
      @kimjong-oink6217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@jorgetucson8196 An ongoing joke on this channel is that they make too many videos about airplanes or aviation-related topics.

  • @ipeters61
    @ipeters61 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    So I actually wrote my undergrad thesis on this sort of thing. There's one other EXTREMELY important thing that Delaware has. We have the Court of Chancery, which I believe is the only court in the country that actually specializes in (and strictly deals with) business issues. The Court of Chancery has developed a reputation for extremely fast trials and tends to be more favorable towards businesses. It's not just the tax laws that help.
    Also, fun fact, there are TONS of "incorporation services" businesses around the state. I know there's Corporation Service Company (Wilmington), Incorporating Services Ltd (Dover/Camden), and Harvard Business Services (Lewes). I've definitely seen others but can't think of them right now.

    • @typicalgamer5560
      @typicalgamer5560 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well put mate

    • @dizzy_derps
      @dizzy_derps ปีที่แล้ว

      You mention them being favorable to businesses but there's more to it. They're cases between 2 businesses and the fact the expeditious is great but also because that's all they do they have familiarity with the issues at hand.

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1024

    "that's enough to buy [...] a few dozen US senators." it's just said so calmly

    • @Telsion
      @Telsion 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It took me a few seconds to realise what he said XD

    • @v.k.8153
      @v.k.8153 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I gave the video a 👍 at that point.

    • @utkarsharyan
      @utkarsharyan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      No, he is over estimating their integrity. Most of the senators will go for few millions

    • @Ushio01
      @Ushio01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      +Utkarsh Aryan US senators go for $30,000-$50,000 so even you over estimate their integrity by an order of magnitude. Pfizer paid 6 senators $200,000 (for all 6 not each) to get out of being fined for their part in the Opioid epidemic for example.

    • @vesperone3905
      @vesperone3905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I can buy entire congress, supreme court, and the president

  • @SierraofTerra
    @SierraofTerra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    jesus it sounds like the worst sitcom ever to have fortune 500 companies personified as room mates in that building

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2834

    Yoshi has finally found a safe haven, and it’s none other than Delaware. The IRS won’t catch him now

    • @Epilepson
      @Epilepson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Yoshi is **technically** not avoiding tax evasion.

    • @zacharymohammadi
      @zacharymohammadi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      What’s Delaware? You mean eastern Maryland?

    • @ithaca2076
      @ithaca2076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mmm nah..

    • @dunbrine47
      @dunbrine47 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@zacharymohammadi Don't forget the 70 mile long dangly bit below Eastern Maryland.

    • @TangSuijin
      @TangSuijin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      killian knew it

  • @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740
    @connortheandroidsentbycybe7740 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1582

    9 1/2 billion for a few dozen senators? I think you're over estimating your senators' integrity, bub

    • @jaybajan
      @jaybajan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      more like 100grand would buy one

    • @lunx-.2879
      @lunx-.2879 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      jaybajan just some tickets to the Sunday game will do the trick

    • @jaybajan
      @jaybajan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@lunx-.2879 that's even more fucked up

    • @NotAP05
      @NotAP05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      still aint enough for a supreme brick

    • @sleeptyper
      @sleeptyper 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Once you're high enough on Clicking Bad, crooked senators are very expensive.

  • @kevwang0712
    @kevwang0712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    As a non-American I find the information on all the different Dakotas very useful and informative.

  • @keepsmiling5937
    @keepsmiling5937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    I hate watching videos that are not made by wendover production and it's entities

    • @nolikeygsomnipresence270
      @nolikeygsomnipresence270 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I actually asked my ISP to block the delivery of any videos not made by wendover productions and its entities.

    • @keepsmiling5937
      @keepsmiling5937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@nolikeygsomnipresence270 Normie, I suid youtube for recommending a video which was not from wendover production. in their defense they say it was their fan

    • @philly799
      @philly799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *its entities

  • @FalcoTheImpaler
    @FalcoTheImpaler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    "a superhero named boringman whose superpower is coloring things beige"
    YOU LEAVE LLOYD ALONE YOU LEAVE HIM RIGHT ALONE

    • @tommo258
      @tommo258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's a Beige Point right there

    • @crotchman
      @crotchman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lloyd who? Lindybeige?

  • @corb805
    @corb805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Calling Biden "Former Vice President" is infinitely funnier now that he is president

    • @ML-sc3pt
      @ML-sc3pt ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Especially since it's illegitimate

    • @ronblack7870
      @ronblack7870 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@ML-sc3pt false

    • @ML-sc3pt
      @ML-sc3pt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronblack7870 not even close.
      If you remove every state that illegally changed their election laws Trump was well in the lead
      If you remove the fbi and media covering up the hunter Biden laptop story Trump would have won in a landslide
      Hell if you remove the votes that weren't with legit signatures or that the address was an empty lot it still could have been enough for a Trump win
      And none of those cases were struck down on merit, only standing

    • @Raisseille
      @Raisseille ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@ML-sc3ptthe burden of proof is on the prosecutor...
      so where's your proof?

    • @ML-sc3pt
      @ML-sc3pt ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Raisseille literally every case that got thrown out on procedure/standing and not merit...
      So nearly all of them

  • @quincygaming9529
    @quincygaming9529 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1665

    Youre really gonna confuse non americans with all those Dakotas XD

    • @hassanm.1887
      @hassanm.1887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Cool logo

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      I personally prefer North Eastern South Western North Western Eastern South Western Dakota because that's where you find Center, Dakota...
      And I really dislike the words Eastern Western Southern and Northern because of the -n concatenation.

    • @pIacehoIders
      @pIacehoIders 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Aye cool logo

    • @pIacehoIders
      @pIacehoIders 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hassanm.1887 aye agreed

    • @gehteuchnixan69
      @gehteuchnixan69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Don't forget the two Kansases

  • @LeviVoorintholt
    @LeviVoorintholt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    I wonder if USPS is also in that building, could save a lot of post delivery time

    • @supercoolguygamer9239
      @supercoolguygamer9239 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hehehe

    • @xfinity1348
      @xfinity1348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      USPS is a government service, so it gets money from the government. Probably doesn’t need the office.

    • @dannypipewrench533
      @dannypipewrench533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@xfinity1348 How about UPS or FedEx then?

    • @fufun4me
      @fufun4me 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@xfinity1348 it I fully self funded. It gets no money from the government and hasn't for decades

    • @skeletonbuyingpealts7134
      @skeletonbuyingpealts7134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@fufun4me It's also losing money

  • @ALLEN-kf7cb
    @ALLEN-kf7cb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    What I learned from this video is
    That...
    You can avoid taxes by declaring your body a Temple

    • @umapessoanaosuspeita8608
      @umapessoanaosuspeita8608 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It's not that simple... However Temples and other government approved religious holy sites are indeed tax free, you could also be a Redskin Casino...

    • @noru8360
      @noru8360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i dont wanna grow up

  • @spaceinbetween6591
    @spaceinbetween6591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    No lie I used to set my itunes address to delaware so i wouldn’t have to pay taxes on albums

    • @Flytofishing
      @Flytofishing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Inconceivable

    • @ADOSA002
      @ADOSA002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FlytofishingYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

  • @roninroninronin
    @roninroninronin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +624

    Imagine owning that building and telling your parents that you have a building where 285,000 companies are stored.

    • @yourbossdonpely
      @yourbossdonpely 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lmfao

    • @spaceinbetween6591
      @spaceinbetween6591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      That owner must be making a killing on rent

    • @roninroninronin
      @roninroninronin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@spaceinbetween6591 ikr

    • @Rynewulf
      @Rynewulf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@spaceinbetween6591 ironically I bet the companies pay virtually nothing in rent either. They're not known for paying their fair share

    • @yansakuya1
      @yansakuya1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@Rynewulf They don't need to pay their fair share with that many companies there as the owner can charge them a dollar per month for rent for using the address and he can be a millionaire in 4 months.

  • @InternetUser11
    @InternetUser11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    You know, it’s cool that us Delawalruses get our very own Half as Interesting Video

    • @смиренный-х2б
      @смиренный-х2б 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you live in New Castle county, you aren't really from delaware.

  • @hahahatall09
    @hahahatall09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1675

    D E L A W A L R U S E S

    • @bigsackjack69
      @bigsackjack69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I used to live there and I now call myself a Delawalrus

    • @bamahama707
      @bamahama707 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Funny!

    • @cupiddily
      @cupiddily 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Guess What?
      *"I'm a *DELAWARUS"*
      (A Lonely Walrus From Delaware)
      Me 2019

    • @sortsvane
      @sortsvane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *D E L A W H O R E S*

    • @smh1245
      @smh1245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DELAWARRIORS

  • @g-rated3514
    @g-rated3514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    2:34 why is "East Dakota" to the west and "West Dakota" to the east?

    • @k-techpl7222
      @k-techpl7222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      So people like you would ask this question.

    • @cpMetis
      @cpMetis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      The result of the Winnipeg Treaty of 1972 which ended the Dakota Intrastate Wars.
      As the western territory won, they wanted to appear first in directories to show their superiority and thus gained the name East Dakota in the treaty. The eastern territory assumed the now unused name West Dakota to spite them. Technically this wasn't a violation of the treaty, and neither side was prepared for continued conflict, so it was let slide.
      Fan fact: Activision was inspired by this for their name, as they chose their name to appear before Atari in the phone book upon their foundation later that decade.

    • @poundcake2000
      @poundcake2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      You just need to go the long way around the planet and then it makes sense.

    • @yoda5280
      @yoda5280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cpMetis Lol I’m from Winnipeg

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Probably because it is a joke. I genuinly wonder how many people watched this, without realising there is neither an East nor a West Dakota...

  • @giraffelord94
    @giraffelord94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "Giraffe As Interesting ™️"
    I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!

  • @williamrees9454
    @williamrees9454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    So if we burned down that building would the economy collapse?

    • @Rynewulf
      @Rynewulf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      You overestimate how much the planet actually needs the business equivalent of middle management

    • @CosmiaNebula
      @CosmiaNebula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I'm pretty sure that burning down a house still allows the address to exist.

    • @COO415
      @COO415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Willism Rees. You could try and see but you gonna be an FBI queen of the day. Good one my friend 😂.

  • @lizzsszzy7800
    @lizzsszzy7800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    LPT: When buying something non-physical online, set your address to somewhere in Delaware so you don't pay sales tax!

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's worth trying but i think people are catching on because I've had a few sites that already knew the sales tax rate based on either my IP address or credit card, so they'd allow you to fill in any "mailing address" (they usually call it that even if they're not sending you physical goods) but they already knew what to charge for sales tax. It was especially impressive since my city is retarded and has 3 sales tax rates in my zip code alone, and there are 4 zip codes that cover my city.

    • @Trevmasterfunk
      @Trevmasterfunk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@arthas640 VPN

  • @astrowanabe
    @astrowanabe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Watching this from Delaware :) The tax law is not the ONLY thing that brings companies. Our court system is also well known for being VERY well versed in extremely complex corporate law / contract disputes, which it kind of has to be considering how many companies are legally based here. This is similar to how a very disproportionate amount of patent lawsuits are handled by a single court in Texas. And, for those that don't know, we also have a trick to attract out of state shoppers - we don't have any sales tax. Only 5 states are free of sales tax and none of the others border us, so it attracts a lot of people looking to make large, tax-free purchases. It's kind of nice to be able to buy something and have it actually cost the price on the shelf.

  • @jaridkeen123
    @jaridkeen123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Its "Delaware-ians" i lived there for 22 years. It sucks and its all swamps and farm land.

    • @kNo1bdy
      @kNo1bdy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I bet it’s better than New York City. I hate living there.

    • @tmck4138
      @tmck4138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You must’ve lived in south Delaware. Up north is where there’s more shopping centers, malls, etc.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My home state of Washington is getting to be pretty tough to live in (retarded government, high taxes, sky high property values, skyrocketing homeless populations, etc.) but i did love the landscape. There's a ton of variety with the peninsula having a literal rainforest that gets over 200in of rainfall a year, the rest of the western half is a mix of valleys, hills, mountains, and forest, then the center of the state is the Cascade mountains, the eastern side of the mountains are mostly scrub lands and then the Eastern part of the state is desert and in the Tri-Cities area it gets pretty hot and dry, more like Southern California.
      I know of a flat area that due to a rain shadow, in a 20 mile stretch of road you can get 120in of rain a year and its cold, then without crossing any hills or mountains you get to an area that's temperate year round and gets 20in or less rain each year, all just on one 20 mile stretch of highway. They refer to that area as the "banana belt".

    • @kayrose6670
      @kayrose6670 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and tax havens

    • @sterlinsilver
      @sterlinsilver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As someone who lives in Delaware, is is really lame in the rural areas, but places like dover are pretty well developed

  • @LockJyou
    @LockJyou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    That Biden/Cap joke tho 💯

    • @ArcticViper
      @ArcticViper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a reference from Reddit right?

    • @_egg_2933
      @_egg_2933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *_REDDIT MOMENT_*

    • @somedude8714
      @somedude8714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Time period from the website known as Reddit

  • @theophrastusbombastus8019
    @theophrastusbombastus8019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I'm going to open the "Senate as interesting TM". Where you can buy senators all over the word. Possible slogans are: "We love democracy", "I'm the SENATE as interesting", or "Where democracy yeets under thunderous applause"

    • @theophrastusbombastus8019
      @theophrastusbombastus8019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Slick Willie for yourself or as a present?
      Delivery is free everywhere over a simple majority of senators.
      Warranty is valid for a year after the delivery.
      Misuse of a senator outside of the terms and conditions or use of a senator outside of his intended Senate will void the warranty. To buy a senator you must be 18+ years old, do not use senators in absolute monarchies, military juntas or if pregnant. We are not responsible for property damages or corruption scandals a senator may cause. Use at your discretion.

    • @nguyenduyphuc3924
      @nguyenduyphuc3924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@theophrastusbombastus8019 awesome, where do I sign now?

    • @theophrastusbombastus8019
      @theophrastusbombastus8019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@nguyenduyphuc3924 I should have the papers right with me! Just a second.
      Nicolas pass me the paper please. Thank you.
      There, sign just above the "In congress, July 4, 1776." don't mind scribbling over the rest of the text.

    • @phlaxyr
      @phlaxyr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "I am the Senate"

    • @Vandarte_translator
      @Vandarte_translator 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I offer 69 billion USD for that Trademark.

  • @vesperone3905
    @vesperone3905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "That's enough to buy a few dozen senators" I can buy all of congress, supreme court, and the president

    • @TheAdriyaman
      @TheAdriyaman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Except not THIS president

    • @PlutoTheSynth
      @PlutoTheSynth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      are you dead

    • @vesperone3905
      @vesperone3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PlutoTheSynth no

    • @PlutoTheSynth
      @PlutoTheSynth 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kim-Jong Un 100 million subs or I declare war ok thank you

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheAdriyaman true, you'd only need a million dollars (what some people in the business call "a small loan")

  • @LividImp
    @LividImp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    3:46 [That's enough money to buy] a few dozen US Senators.
    It's true, we all know it, yet we never do anything about it.

    • @captainheat2314
      @captainheat2314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The people getting that money arent going to want to lose that money so it never will be

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@captainheat2314 If there is one thing both right and left hate, it's politicians. We could come together in peace and harmony as we eat the rich. See ya' at the BBQ.

  • @Fr4ncM
    @Fr4ncM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This reminds me of the "P. O. Box" services those of us outside the U.S. use to ship our merchandise to our home countries. We apparently have an address to a "suite" in Doral FL. to which we send everything we buy from American stores and sites. We pay a fee way more reasonable than international shipping, and we actually get to have access to those who don't ship abroad.
    In reality it is just a small building there fetching our stuff for it to be shipped home LMAO

  • @Squid2403
    @Squid2403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Time to go declare my taxes are intangible assets since they won't exist once I go to Delaware...

  • @hh1hana
    @hh1hana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I have to say, this channel has some of the most intelligent and profoundly hilarious humor and I truly appreciate it. I can watch a video about quite literally anything, no matter if I am interested in the topic or not. I will learn something and bust out laughing a dozen times and all that from one video. I love you, HAI!

  • @Boomer_Dual_Sport
    @Boomer_Dual_Sport 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Stay tuned for Part 2 " Logistics of giraffe air transport to and from Delaware"

  • @keegabyte
    @keegabyte 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    "Former Vice President, Joe Biden."
    Well this didn't age well.

  • @jorgemangual56
    @jorgemangual56 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I from Delaware and I find it funny that the only videos people talk about Delaware is how dangerous Wilmington is and our no tax law. Great video btw 👍

  • @stayfrosty6290
    @stayfrosty6290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    As a Delawarian, I can tell you this:
    We care more about Wawa instead of our tax policies, that's honestly just an extra for us. 👌

    • @thiagoveloso7610
      @thiagoveloso7610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I thought you were going to say:
      "It's free, real state"

    • @DireAvenger001
      @DireAvenger001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bullshit. Our priority is to keep tax free shopping. That trumps wawa

    • @смиренный-х2б
      @смиренный-х2б 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And we only visit Royal Farms to take dumps!

    • @tmck4138
      @tmck4138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As a Delawarean, we also hate it when we have to pay sales tax in other states

    • @MrInternFTL
      @MrInternFTL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thiago Veloso wawa gang

  • @anmoldhingra4585
    @anmoldhingra4585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    1:15 "or former Vice-President Joe Biden" ehhh......

    • @enderguardian7443
      @enderguardian7443 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      former vice president turned president

  • @theodawson9465
    @theodawson9465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “Former Vice President, Joe Biden” well, this video is going to be confusing for future generations

    • @ADOSA002
      @ADOSA002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boldd of you to asume that there will be any more generations

  • @AbsolXGuardian
    @AbsolXGuardian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    But of course, those businesses save money by not having to pay for 1. The governmental organizations that protect their copyrights. 2. The law enforcement that is supposed to help mitigate the odds of someone stealing/vandalizing the stores. 4. The roads that get their customers, employees, and goods to their stores. 5. The firefighters that would save their warehouses, offices, and stores in case of a fire. 6. The law enforcement that makes it harder for someone, hypothetically, to kill them for their greed.

    • @tabushka292
      @tabushka292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I guess the saying "you can't have your cake and eat it at the same time" is only true if you don't have enough money to do both

    • @WearyKirin
      @WearyKirin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All those things make up about 4 percemt of taxes what their taxes actually go to is weapons of war and other peoples shit

    • @bookwormneverforgetbricks605
      @bookwormneverforgetbricks605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice counting

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The vast majority of taxes go to blowing up the Middle East and paying off debt

    • @bookwormneverforgetbricks605
      @bookwormneverforgetbricks605 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stephen M. Stouter We’re not blowing it up! We’re just invading the wrong countries.

  • @Victor-dx2ew
    @Victor-dx2ew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    the ct corporation or whoever owns that building is a genius. Entrepreneurs make money by solving problems, only that this company solves tax problems for big companies instead of consumers. It's a really smart way to make money, by exploiting a loophole that other companies take advantage of and helping the companies exploiting it

    • @iamthestig1
      @iamthestig1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it's probably a subsidiary of Daley Into Europe...

  • @MetDaan2912
    @MetDaan2912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    4:05 you missed 221B Baker Street

    • @lbc2013
      @lbc2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And 64 Zoo Lane( if you grew up in Britain in the 2000s you would understand). And the intro to that show has a giraffe.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm trying to remember where Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings lives.

    • @fourthright
      @fourthright 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also wolf's lair

  • @remindertostayhydrated602
    @remindertostayhydrated602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hello friends!! Remember to stay hydrated today!

  • @inoyunhodino4058
    @inoyunhodino4058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    "former vice president joe biden"
    *mans is a bit more than that now*

    • @bodhi6769
      @bodhi6769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah a doormat for the rest of the world

    • @JL-sm6cg
      @JL-sm6cg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tell Trumpturds that. lol

    • @jakem6720
      @jakem6720 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And sucking quite badly #letsgobrandon

    • @imranbarry800
      @imranbarry800 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Displays Captain America instead😂😂

  • @iLupi
    @iLupi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I guess these big businesses learned these tactics from Skillshare. Hopefully they have Dashlane to keep their accounting secrets secure.

    • @peacewalker3344
      @peacewalker3344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i heard they also use Nord VPN to safely communicate through the internet.
      At least that's what i read from some of their sites that were made with SquareSpace

    • @freshkingmando
      @freshkingmando 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They make sure they use Honey in order to get their materials to sell stuff at a cheap price

  • @kieranfrancke790
    @kieranfrancke790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You forgot how DE state court judges rule a lot more in favor of businesses. Plus no sales tax. It’s so relaxed in DE the attorney generals office doesn’t even suit businesses anymore often

  • @iuriepripa3171
    @iuriepripa3171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    THAT BIDEN JOKE THO

    • @Arovna
      @Arovna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Upon first seeing Endgame I was expecting Stan Lee
      I said bravo Marvel studios to myself
      Bamboozled it was Joe Biden. Daw.
      Totally checks out either way

    • @Arovna
      @Arovna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Hernando Malinche In Avengers Endgame Spoilers
      The aged Steve Rogers looks very much like Joe Biden, especially because of his expression, hair style, the folds of his skin and the eyes.

    • @iuriepripa3171
      @iuriepripa3171 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Hernando Malinche and also Biden is a relic

    • @tribot_leader
      @tribot_leader 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Iurie Pripa time stamp?

  • @cristian-ionutapostol8018
    @cristian-ionutapostol8018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The US isn't one country with a consistent legal system, it's 50 countries in a trenchcoat.

  • @kevincronk7981
    @kevincronk7981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Virginia and go to maryland for most summer vacations, near the Delaware border. There's almost no stores on the maryland side of the border, then as soon as you enter Delaware they're everywhere. Those corporations, with what little taxes they do pay to Delaware, enable them to charge no sales tax and other types of taxes so it's great for the people there too

  • @kulturfreund6631
    @kulturfreund6631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is how Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple etc do it in Europe. Amazon Germany pays almost all its revenues to Amazon Luxemburg for using the trademark. From Luxemburg the money then is transferred to the Netherlands where they save on another tax (forgot which it was), and then it’s sent to Ireland.
    These corporations contribute merely 0.005 % in taxes to the German state. That’s 50 bucks of every million they make.

  • @gardenchemistry
    @gardenchemistry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Yeah former vicepresident Joe Biden

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The headquarters for an imaginary superhero called 'boring-man,' whose superpower is coloring things beige." WAIT?!?!?! Ian Horner of Loading Ready Run has an office in Delaware? That man gets around a lot.

  • @oofbekistan8469
    @oofbekistan8469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Boringman who's superpower is coloring things beige"

  • @FantasKanal
    @FantasKanal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:30 you got something mixed up my friend, its North Dakota, South Dakota, West Dakota, East Dakota, North-East Dakota, North-North-East Dakota, East-North-East Dakota according to the graphic. While you say: "North Dakota, South Dakota, East Dakota, West Dakota, North-West Dakota, North-North-West Dakota, East-North-West Dakota."
    And I can't believe so many people missed that!

  • @dersou668
    @dersou668 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent! Thanks for this very nice tutorial on taxes and tax havens. Here, in Europe, we have plenty of Delawares (Ireland, Monaco, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland...) So, dear US citizens, if your Delaware suddenly stops working because your president shuts it down (with your president you never know what's next, isn't it?), don't panic! Just quickly transfer the ownership of your logo to, let's say, your subsidiary in Liechtenstein. Et voilà.

    • @notmuch_23
      @notmuch_23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But Joe Biden _lives_ in Delaware! I know he's supposed to live at the White House right now (which I'm convinced he tried to order a bag of sliders from more than once), but considering how often he goes to Wilmington, I think he still does! Of course, Sleepy Joe could forget that Delaware is a state...

    • @Tomas9K
      @Tomas9K 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notmuch_23 Did you just have a stroke?

  • @ManuelBTC21
    @ManuelBTC21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Let us be grateful for the fact that there are still such things as those the honorable gentleman calls loopholes. Thanks to these loopholes this country is still a free country" - Ludwig von Mises

  • @yacobgugsa2524
    @yacobgugsa2524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The world's most undetectable tax shelter is Halfasinteresting-stania

  • @Lukas-ye4rg
    @Lukas-ye4rg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:22 why do these coordinates point to a random house in the middle of nowhere? Is that where Sams sense of humor is held hostage for the past year?

  • @BurningmonkeyGTR
    @BurningmonkeyGTR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You're going to need to update the Biden joke

  • @matthewschwarz9484
    @matthewschwarz9484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i drive right by this place every day and didnt know this about it, thats super cool

  • @MercenaryPen
    @MercenaryPen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    surely residents of Delaware should be called Deloreans- just for the free access to time travel.

  • @medilyesoudhini7411
    @medilyesoudhini7411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dear Sam, you should seriously consider changing careers to a comedian or stand-up comedian of some sort , your sense of humor is seriously funny and I would pay money to go to a show of yours

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:55 add that to your list for “Every Mistake We’ve Ever Made 3”.
    It’s “similes”.

    • @teamcoltra
      @teamcoltra 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's already corrected in the video itself...

    • @KasabianFan44
      @KasabianFan44 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Travis McCrea
      I mean the spelling of the word “similes”.

  • @crabser2253
    @crabser2253 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That 9.5 billion would only keep the government running for 13.4 hours

  • @Pqndchannel
    @Pqndchannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    A few dozen US Senators...
    That got me so hard.

    • @egoponte
      @egoponte 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      weird fetish

    • @miguelusaf13
      @miguelusaf13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pics or it didn’t happen

  • @user-rj4vr2sc2d
    @user-rj4vr2sc2d 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This should be illegal. If you can't fit an office from each company in the building, then that shouldn't count as their location

  • @hyljix
    @hyljix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Please make a video on on M/s Estonia, The worst maritime disaster in Europe during peacetime. It would be Very Interesting to watch.

    • @Scouter98
      @Scouter98 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think it suits this channel, but its a very interesting story.
      Back in 2013 or so some German journalist got some footage of the ship, it was full of holes caused by explosions, the captain was shot and unidentified corpses were found. Its been silenced for years, and Sweden signed a treaty with Estonia outlawing any diving in the shipwreck area.
      Latest information suggests that the ship was carrying leftover ussr era nuclear weapons.

  • @reeeec
    @reeeec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    USPS probably has a dedicated delivery car for that building

  • @joshMorgan111
    @joshMorgan111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Delaware: we have low taxes so we have tons of businesses
    Ireland: Hold my beer

  • @wxsen5127
    @wxsen5127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my dyslexic ass read businesses as busses and was waiting the whole video for cool busses

  • @aenorist2431
    @aenorist2431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Historical artefacts, like former vice president joe biden.
    Well that one aged real well :D

  • @BarelySociable
    @BarelySociable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    285,000 businesses? I would be more impressed with 285,000 airplanes.

  • @fuzz1252
    @fuzz1252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:14 that aged well

  • @whimsy5623
    @whimsy5623 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A man who can color things beige instantly would actually be legitimately terrifying, depending on his limitations. Dude could color the air beige.

  • @anonymousthanks4718
    @anonymousthanks4718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Delaware tax evasion glitch was patched in the recent 2.17 update due to Delasoft deciding it will be better for all Delawalruses.

    • @groovulous8343
      @groovulous8343 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually that was patch 3.02. Delawarians will know what I mean.

  • @zebiabzulius4653
    @zebiabzulius4653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When the writing team finally hires a comedian to co-write

  • @ayyimhere2341
    @ayyimhere2341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I will now declare my body a church and be tax exempt
    I have never thought of this before, so thank you

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can technically start a church, donate all your money to that church, then pay yourself a generous salary (say, 99% of the church’s income), and you’ll be tax exempt

  • @sarahdaud
    @sarahdaud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your sense of humor definitely has value! I love watching your videos just because it makes me chuckle so much haha

  • @FoxElliott
    @FoxElliott 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You probably confused alot of Europeans with that Dakota thing.

    • @alexcuadron8500
      @alexcuadron8500 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an European, I agree.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexcuadron8500 In the US I've know some Southerners that will throw in made up "southern-isms" or made up locations to screw with non-southerners. My favorite was a guy who convinced someone he was from "the Great State of North Virginia" and he kept mentioning weirder and weirder things like how something was "as big as a West Virginia gator" and it took the other guy a while to catch on (he was from California so he should have known better).

  • @kirkrotger9208
    @kirkrotger9208 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The biggest reason why Delaware is where so many corporations are incorporated is because Delaware has a dedicated chancery court which deals specifically with corporate law issues. This means disputes are settled more quickly and, because there is a great deal of case existing law, more predictably.

    • @o76923
      @o76923 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's also probably the second most rigged justice system that is still nominally a court.
      Though, recently, Tennessee is trying to get in on the action with their own chancery court.

  • @Julian-re2ey
    @Julian-re2ey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I just read an article about the EU considering to categories the USA as tax haven. Nice timing.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i find that hilarious since alot of the worlds major tax havens are in Europe. Luxembourg, Ireland, Monaco, Ireland, the Netherlands, and parts of the UK like Bermuda, the Channel islands, the Cayman islands, and the (British) Virgin Islands. Other than those British islands there isnt a single tax haven on the top 10 lists i could find in North or South America, they're all either European or Asian and alot of people rank Ireland and the Netherlands as 2 of the worst offenders. the EU blaming the US for being a tax haven is like the US blaming the EU for spending too much on their military.

    • @stoutyyyy
      @stoutyyyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao I wish

  • @jegge5336
    @jegge5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:38 *the last one is actually east northeast dakota

  • @jiki.w1353
    @jiki.w1353 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The​ time​ I​ was​ this​ early tea​ was​ still​ considered a​ drink

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mail carrier must loathe the route with that building... It’s gotta be like the scene in Miracle on 34th Street, just a long line of mailbags coming in the door.

  • @shunyat9023
    @shunyat9023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "My body is my temple."

  • @timothyodonnell8591
    @timothyodonnell8591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HAI-
    Here is your new tag line: HAI - Come for the knowledge, stay for the humor.

  • @jackboyles1724
    @jackboyles1724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lol, "former vice president, Joe Biden"

  • @Khorne_of_the_Hill
    @Khorne_of_the_Hill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They also have very robust privacy laws, which helps you hide assets from the IRS.
    You can also get a special kind of trust in South Dakota protected by such robust privacy laws that it's virtually impossible for any government to tax you on the money you put in it
    I'm a big fan of tax evasion/avoidance

  • @seabass09876
    @seabass09876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you show captain American instead of the actual former vice president

  • @fabianschulte7548
    @fabianschulte7548 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At job interview:
    "So, what can you do?"
    "I signed up at skl.sh/hai26"
    "Shit fam you're hired"

  • @yutahkotomi5156
    @yutahkotomi5156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is it sad that, just a moment after reading the title, I was able to guess "tax evasion"?

  • @chrissytheconqueror7049
    @chrissytheconqueror7049 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:14 I was already getting onto my keyboard to write that I loved watching Wendover's videos.

  • @Sohamsta
    @Sohamsta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Sometimes I think that I've learned more from this channel than my actual school teachers have taught me

    • @MaxwellAerialPhotography
      @MaxwellAerialPhotography 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No you haven’t, you just remember these two minute tidbits specifically, because you’ve watched them recently and what you learned in school was cumulative knowledge not individual factors.

  • @listlessh
    @listlessh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that part of each video when I'm like "it's coming, I KNOW it's right around the corner, SLIGHT CHANGE OF TONE AND PACING AHHH" BAM Skillshare.

  • @coachkenfischer4976
    @coachkenfischer4976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Watching this video after the election and he might be more than the ex Vice President now🥵

  • @rachedbennasr2394
    @rachedbennasr2394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Suddenly, “save dat money” started making more sense

  • @plasticbleach4004
    @plasticbleach4004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So weird hearing "former vice president Joe Biden" in 2022

  • @greggstewart4610
    @greggstewart4610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As someone from North Dakota I really appreciated all the dakotas