I'm ignoring nothing I'm defending Ireland's right to chose its own economic policy
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How are they breaking USA law. The USA is defending Apple here. And the EU is not a country they are a economic union. One of which looks on the verge of breaking down and it's crap like this, imposing their will against that of a nation that is accelerating their break up. Brexit is only the beginning and I'm sure they are watching crap like this and saying thank god were leaving. The British are the first but won't be the last
Only 5% of the workforce ? I'd like to see how putting 5% middle class people to the unemployment line would work and how are the other 95% fucked? They have jobs in a lot of case because of these 5% who buy their stuff. I don't think you realize how shattered any economy would be if you unemployed 5% of its middle class workers.
19b is nothing for apple, they made 54B last year.. that should be the number they have to pay back.
Your right I am assuming the majority of the people who work for intellectual companies are middle class workers ... I am sure it evens out some are very well paid some are not as well paid but I will do a little research to see how well this assumption fits.
25% of the economic output in Ireland is from these 1000 companies ... 25% from 5% of the work force ... that's what this represents ... that's HUGE. Imagine taking 25% of the economic output away from your country ... the recession or even outright depression would be staggering .. you really think the 95% want that?
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Alright so if you saved 20k last year is OK for the government to take an additional 8k from you because obviously you didn't need it?
I might be being slow, but isn't that what the EU have just done. And that's why they are levying these accusations...
Lots of companies would do well not having to pay tax. Nations wouldn't do so well with 0 tax income though*.
*Oil rich Arab countries notwithstanding
To be fair nations wouldn't have zero tax rate. The taxes from individuals in most countries far outweighs the taxes from corporations and theoretically the more money a corporation has the more it can invest in people and future product development. I would rather put 1000 people to work so they can make a living and feed their families and enjoy like than worry so much about the taxes a corporation pays. Especially since in a case like the Apple did what they promised. They came in and said give us a good tax rate and we will invest in your country, put people to work that need jobs. They did it when Ireland was hurting and I'm positive the people were very thankful for it. Now the EU walks in and goes no. What will happen to the popular opinion if this ultimately made these 1000 corporations that have benefited from this deal decided to scale back or even leave Ireland?
They will not.
EU has become fixated on preserving the status quo of only a few of its member states. That is why the concept of EU will never work.
The United States has poor and richer states, but overall we are still united, but still allow California and Texas to retain some personal autonomy on how they function respectively aka state rights.
The EU is saying the Irish approach to being competitive is wrong and immoral. But that makes no sense, because they have not broken any EU laws.
It is like telling Texas to stop using Wind Farms, Solar farms, and fracking, because that is not what the rest of the country is doing. If a state or nation is choosing a way to stand out and be competitive then that isn't a crime.
Germany does this all the time, but no one asks Germany to bow down to EU overlordds because they are part of the cabal....