I agree. I'm sure they have a name for it. But, it's still going on. You're right about the fighter jet and the time it would take to develop a new one. But that is most likely because we don't need a brand new type right now. Necessity is the mother... cliche, but extremely true, and not just for invention.
Read some Kurzweil. I'm not saying that all his predictions are going to come true, or even in the time frame that he suggests. But, it is amazing the perspective it gives you. The Internet is only about 15 years old, for example.
1) Ireland has a different tax rate for artists, which is lower than the default rate. 2) Netherlands does not tax royalties from music. 3) Bono was advocating Ireland spend more on African aid, yet did not want to help pay for that aid through taxes. 1) and 2) right, it mentions that one tax rate is higher than the other, and that they moved their operations to the Netherlands to pay less/save money. Thats the whole point of the article, obviously. What I was getting at is that 3) Bono may want Ireland to spend more on African aid, and since they are not, to his satisfaction, he may want to give what he saves in taxes to African aid directly, rather than filtering it through the Irish tax system. Money from tax revenue goes all over the place, and one cannot conclude that because he would rather not use the Irish government as a 3rd party distributor in dealing out aid to his cause, that he does not want that money to end up in African economic development. If anything, more money would go to Africa (again, not saying that it is what he is doing, just saying don't jump to conclusions just yet).
4) Many liberal celebrities tend not to practice what they preach in terms of a progressive tax system. 100% agree there.
Also, I can't believe that I put "Holland." Just an act of supreme laziness on my part. Yes, Holland is a region of the country, not the country, got it.
This sounds greedy on the surface, but is there also a lot of information in that article about what Ireland does with their tax revenue? (answer: no, because I just read TFA) I'm not really supporting the move to the Netherlands or anything, but it seems to me if I were passionate about African (or even Irish) socioeconomic reform or whatever, I would want to make sure that the maximum amount of tax dollars went toward these causes.
For us to say U2 is crap based on this decision, we have to know several things:
Ireland's government is minimally corrupt and uses their tax revenue relatively efficiently in a way that provides maximum benefits (chiefly safety and economic security) for the Irish people.
The move from Ireland to Holland will result in less of U2's money to support the economically disadvantaged (whether that be via welfare or tax breaks for business owners - whatever side of that spectrum they happen to believe in).
(corollary to the above) U2 thus now has more money available for their own use and rather than invest it in worthy causes, they use it on personal luxuries or the investment of money for future personal use.
I'm not defending U2, I'm just saying that pointing out these things, where we don't have all the relevant information, or just don't think it completely through to the end (and we do it all the time to sell magazines, newspapers, etc.) is irresponsible.
I.e. some equations that we love to use (but are not automatically true):
more money in bank account = bigger yacht
pays less in taxes = hates poor people
If this move means that more money is now going to be available to help Africans out of poverty, then so be it (and no, I'm not claiming that U2 is donating a lot of their own money to Africa, I'm just being hypothetical, but I know they donate to many charities). If it means a better situation for Africans but worse for Irish, well thats a decision that one has to make on their own.
I do have enough information to be able to say McGuinness is retarded, though.
I think I need to insert the following quotation here:
"You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!"
--1920s version of the pimply-faced teenager, The Simpsons
I think you mispelt 'Micro$oft', you ridiculous twat. Oh! I see, you spelled it "Micro$oft" because they like to make money! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... ahhhh... Wow, just got that, that's hilarious. Is that the first time someone has mentioned this on Slashdot?
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Whoever is in charge of decisions like this at HP really needs to be hired at Apple.
I agree. I'm sure they have a name for it. But, it's still going on. You're right about the fighter jet and the time it would take to develop a new one. But that is most likely because we don't need a brand new type right now. Necessity is the mother... cliche, but extremely true, and not just for invention. Read some Kurzweil. I'm not saying that all his predictions are going to come true, or even in the time frame that he suggests. But, it is amazing the perspective it gives you. The Internet is only about 15 years old, for example.
I see. I had forgotten about that press conference recently where he told Ireland that he wants to screw them. Sorry!
For us to say U2 is crap based on this decision, we have to know several things:
- Ireland's government is minimally corrupt and uses their tax revenue relatively efficiently in a way that provides maximum benefits (chiefly safety and economic security) for the Irish people.
- The move from Ireland to Holland will result in less of U2's money to support the economically disadvantaged (whether that be via welfare or tax breaks for business owners - whatever side of that spectrum they happen to believe in).
- (corollary to the above) U2 thus now has more money available for their own use and rather than invest it in worthy causes, they use it on personal luxuries or the investment of money for future personal use.
I'm not defending U2, I'm just saying that pointing out these things, where we don't have all the relevant information, or just don't think it completely through to the end (and we do it all the time to sell magazines, newspapers, etc.) is irresponsible. I.e. some equations that we love to use (but are not automatically true):more money in bank account = bigger yacht
pays less in taxes = hates poor people
If this move means that more money is now going to be available to help Africans out of poverty, then so be it (and no, I'm not claiming that U2 is donating a lot of their own money to Africa, I'm just being hypothetical, but I know they donate to many charities). If it means a better situation for Africans but worse for Irish, well thats a decision that one has to make on their own.
I do have enough information to be able to say McGuinness is retarded, though.
I think I need to insert the following quotation here:
"You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!"
--1920s version of the pimply-faced teenager, The Simpsons
This is exciting news! Wait, the only VBA I use plays my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, nevermind.