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Once again ... maybe someday WaldoKitty will actually read this.
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Originally Posted by James Bond 007
And that article does not say the EU ministers were upset that the US cut taxes, per se, as you claimed, they were upset (and rightfully so) about certain provisions in the new tax code. Explicitly the very article you're citing says:
"The United States is Europe's single most important trade and investment partner," the finance ministers wrote. "It is important that the U.S. government's rights over domestic tax policy be exercised in a way that adheres with international obligations to which it has signed-up. The inclusion of certain less conventional international tax provisions could contravene the US's double taxation treaties and may risk having a major distortive impact on international trade."
Is that being upset at mere cutting of taxes? No. Did they say anything about undercutting European jobs which would be gained in the US? No. They're upset at the new taxes because it violates certain international agreements. Your Infowars article is spinning all sorts of things that aren't in the original article.
Yes they are. That's what the tax plan is about. LOL
You are blind. Your own article, which I just quoted again above, explains precisely what they were objecting to. It was not about tax cuts in and of themselves. It was various provisions of the bill.
You are blind. Your own article, which I just quoted again above, explains precisely what they were objecting to. It was not about tax cuts in and of themselves. It was various provisions of the bill.
LOL. Might as well try explaining quantum physics or red-black binary search trees to him. If its not from breitbart he just spins around it.
You are blind. Your own article, which I just quoted again above, explains precisely what they were objecting to. It was not about tax cuts in and of themselves. It was various provisions of the bill.
Reading comprehension is not your game apparently.
They are objecting to several things one of which is lowering of the corporate tax rate. From the article:
Tobias Hentze, an economist at the German Economic Institute in Cologne, told DW that he was worried the tax reforms could be the spark for the next round of a “race-to-the-bottom” of jurisdictions competing to offer corporations ever-lower tax rates.
If the reforms go through, Hentze said, the US will go from being a high-tax to a low-tax country. Until now, the tax burden on companies has been significantly higher in the US, with a tax rate of 39 percent, compared to 30 in Germany or 34 in France.
I stopped reading as soon as you posted Infowars. Anybody who thinks that lizard people are anything but a paranoid fantasy really needs training in critical thinking skills.
Jones is just one of those people who think sensationalism = sincerity - apparently based on the frankly childish assumption that people wouldn't get urgently forceful about such a thing if it wasn't true. Unfortunately, it's possible to be both sincere and grossly mistaken. He also appears to assume that the first idea that pops into his head that's even vaguely deals with serious high-level / educated content (science, humanities, philosophy, current events) just has to be true. I'm sure he was told he was smart a lot when he was a kid simply, then let it get to his head to the point where he think any idea popping up out of his imagination just has to be right.
When in fact, Alex Jones is no sense of emotional self-discipline and practically no thinking skills whatsoever. He's not a serious commentator: he's a sensationalist, and a conspiracy theorist besides. The anti-Spock, no logic.
"We don't discuss the full right of the United States to deliver on their own tax rate, but we also have to consider what are the effects on the U.S. deficit and if there are spillover effects on the way we consider taxation at the worldwide level," EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici told reporters in Brussels.
While some EU states support moves to effectively raise taxation on companies like Facebook or Apple, others would prefer a deal at global level before any action in the EU. International agreements on tax matters have proved very difficult.
I love how taxes are now supposedly "a worldwide issue". They sure didn't complain when the deficit doubled over the last 8 years or when they've had a great trade imbalance in THEIR favor. So, what's changed other than our President is more centrist and vocal about stopping the ripoff than he is a globalist?
I stopped reading as soon as you posted Infowars. Anybody who thinks that lizard people are anything but a paranoid fantasy really needs training in critical thinking skills.
Once again this thread has nothing at all to do with infowars.
Here is a link directly to the story in a German publication
I love how taxes are now supposedly "a worldwide issue". They sure didn't complain when the deficit doubled over the last 8 years or when they've had a great trade imbalance in THEIR favor. So, what's changed other than our President is more centrist and vocal about stopping the ripoff than he is a globalist?
If you read your link they also state that its not about contesting our right to do any of this in that article. Its about how it may affect other countries, and general trade and taxation.
I suspect we would do the same if they had a major taxation change.
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