What does Spain looking at its own house have anything to do with Irish corporate tax rates? Even if Spain matched them they wouldn't get anywhere near a proportionate level of inward investment, because that much FDI simply doesn't exist for the European market.
Hey you were the one claiming it was a stupid policy. All those Irish people with jobs would disagree with you.
Well, you need to see why our debt could affect other countries. All this crap began with banks lending money to people who wouldn't pay them. But these (Spanish) banks took the money from other banks (mostly German it seems) which would now have a serious problem if we didn't pay.
Our (very corrupt) gov. wants to take European money (the famous bail out) to give it to the banks so they don't default. So they're converting private debt into public debt, rather than tell banks to fuck themselves since they accepted a risk when loaning money. But no, rather than take the hit instantly they prefer to keep the ball rolling and making the problem a lot worse by taking more and more money.
Gosh, sounds exactly like what happened in Ireland. The main difference is the Spanish 'bailout' would probably bankrupt the EU.
How is Ireland successful?
In attracting FDI, are we having the same conversation here. Take the time to read and understand what's being said before tackling your keyboard.
We don't that I know of. But if we did, I'd be saying the exact same thing. I have nothing against the Irish themselves, just against their tax policies and the fact that we don't have any way to counteract them.
By "counteracting them" you'd be doing quite a lot of damage to the Irish economy. So much for parternship eh? Good thing the Irish were clever enough to make it very difficult to "counteract" their policies. Never mind that the tax losses are more or less a rounding error in an economy as large as Spain's.
No, why? Ireland is a partner of Spain, and their tax policy is extremely hurtful to all (and all other European taxes). And not only it's hurtful, it's plain stupid because it's not even Irish companies that are saving money - it's mostly American.
Did you miss the part where FDI creates large amounts of skilled employment in Ireland? All of those workers pay taxes too.
And of course those companies are setting there just offices, that they take elsewhere as soon as it's convenient. It's not the kind of investment you want to bet on, knowing that once they're there they won't leave.
http://www.williamfry.ie/Libraries/test/Maintaining-the-_12_5-Corporation-Tax-Rate-on-Irish-Trading-Profits.sflb.ashx "Since 1 January 2003, corporate income has been characterised into two distinct streams: trading or active income which is taxed at the 12.5% corporation tax rate and non-trading or passive income which is taxed at the 25% corporation tax rate. Since that date, the distinction between a company’s activities (i.e. whether the activities constitute trading activities or whether they constitute passive activities) is an important one, as the Irish Revenue Commissioners (“Revenue”) are cognisant of and will prevent low substance businesses (otherwise known as “brass plate operations”) availing of the lower rate."
Once again did you miss the part where FDI creates large amounts of skilled employment in Ireland?
As for the massive unemployment over here, I fail to see the relevance on this discussion. Does our unemployment hurt Ireland or someone else in Europe? Doesn't seem that way, considering that our brightest people are going to Germany, France...
But since you mention it: If our European partners are annoyed about our unemployment, debt, or whatever they should just tell our gov. "Go fuck yourself and don't ask for help until there's no a single corrupt politician in office". Really, that's what would help. Not giving a lot of money to our banks who will in turn use it to pay their debts to German banks.
Oh hey I agree. Fuck the banks first last and forever. But don't hold up Ireland as some sort of villain - the country is doing what it must to compete, with very few assets, and is doing it successfully. The Dutch, French, UK and other countries have tax havens of their own, probably Spain too.
Ireland is still recovering to mid nineteenth century population levels courtesy of one of its "European partners". Its a country that needs every advantage it can get, and as a result of its policies around 20-25% of the workforce gains employment through foreign direct investment or its subsidiary industries. Maybe Spain with its massive unemployment should start looking at its own house before criticising others?
The only thing that's missing from Standford to complete the picture is the reward incentive. There's a lot wrong with this pop-sci article, characterising a broad clinical array of disorders typically enough as being one looming shadowy monster, but at least it does show that corporate structures which encourage this behaviour are bad. I appreciate that the idea that any one of us is capable of having and keeping the same mindset makes some people uncomfortable, but such is life.
Generally I'm uncomfortable with many of the assertations of western popular culture that make people subhuman or different - you aren't a person, you're an ex-con. You aren't a person, you're a junkie. Once you're gay its impossible to 'turn' straight. All nonsense designed to elevate a subset of society in their own minds.
I don't know why there is this perception that psychopaths, or more properly sociopaths, are some kind of aliens among us. Why does anyone think that perfectly normal people can't behave in a similar fashion? After all, power corrupts.
I think trademarks work more like stopping people using your expensive work and effort for their own advantage. So while Slashdot wines has no relationship to technology or discussion forums, and so would probably be irrelevant, Slashdot smart phones would have to be challenged or the trademark would be weakened. The reason for the law is sound but like any law can be abused by those with enough money to do so. Also, the internet would be less fun without armchair lawyers.
(i am a hunter, but i also ENJOY the hunt, and i EAT what i shoot), I can see why they do it.
If you're a hunter you are probably aware of the many rules and reglations surrounding hunting, to make sure that animals don't suffer unneccesarily. For example hereabouts you can't use a triple hook to foul hook a freshwater fish, you can't bowhunt deer, and so on. Likewise you can't privately breed dogs to tear each other apart in private pit fights on your private property. If you do, you'll be arrested and imprisoned, and rightly so.
I mean what, aren't there enough wild pigeons to hunt? Are they too challenging a target? What pleasure is there in this, would you breed deer and shoot them as they run out of their pen? This isn't hunting, its barbaric slaughter.
The 'hunters', and I use that word loosely, seem to be growing pigeons in cages and releasing them from crates, whereupon they are shot by people standing a few yards away. 'Canned hunting' they call it. Idiot rednecks I call it.
Yes, a kind heart and sense of humour go a long, long way. Some of the hard bitten faux-cynical beauties I've met get a lot less attractive after they open their mouths.
Really, works fine for most websites. Add a few scripts for references and such, automate some of the layout and done.
Incidentally can we get a CSS switch that makes links the same colour as the rest of the text, user preferences kind of thing? The multicoloured text is really hard to read.
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What does Spain looking at its own house have anything to do with Irish corporate tax rates? Even if Spain matched them they wouldn't get anywhere near a proportionate level of inward investment, because that much FDI simply doesn't exist for the European market.
So? We're discussing corporate taxes here.
Hey you were the one claiming it was a stupid policy. All those Irish people with jobs would disagree with you.
Well, you need to see why our debt could affect other countries. All this crap began with banks lending money to people who wouldn't pay them. But these (Spanish) banks took the money from other banks (mostly German it seems) which would now have a serious problem if we didn't pay.
Our (very corrupt) gov. wants to take European money (the famous bail out) to give it to the banks so they don't default. So they're converting private debt into public debt, rather than tell banks to fuck themselves since they accepted a risk when loaning money. But no, rather than take the hit instantly they prefer to keep the ball rolling and making the problem a lot worse by taking more and more money.
Gosh, sounds exactly like what happened in Ireland. The main difference is the Spanish 'bailout' would probably bankrupt the EU.
How is Ireland successful?
In attracting FDI, are we having the same conversation here. Take the time to read and understand what's being said before tackling your keyboard.
We don't that I know of. But if we did, I'd be saying the exact same thing. I have nothing against the Irish themselves, just against their tax policies and the fact that we don't have any way to counteract them.
By "counteracting them" you'd be doing quite a lot of damage to the Irish economy. So much for parternship eh? Good thing the Irish were clever enough to make it very difficult to "counteract" their policies. Never mind that the tax losses are more or less a rounding error in an economy as large as Spain's.
No, why? Ireland is a partner of Spain, and their tax policy is extremely hurtful to all (and all other European taxes). And not only it's hurtful, it's plain stupid because it's not even Irish companies that are saving money - it's mostly American.
Did you miss the part where FDI creates large amounts of skilled employment in Ireland? All of those workers pay taxes too.
And of course those companies are setting there just offices, that they take elsewhere as soon as it's convenient. It's not the kind of investment you want to bet on, knowing that once they're there they won't leave.
http://www.williamfry.ie/Libraries/test/Maintaining-the-_12_5-Corporation-Tax-Rate-on-Irish-Trading-Profits.sflb.ashx
"Since 1 January 2003, corporate income has been characterised into two distinct streams: trading or active
income which is taxed at the 12.5% corporation tax rate and non-trading or passive income which is taxed
at the 25% corporation tax rate. Since that date, the distinction between a company’s activities (i.e. whether
the activities constitute trading activities or whether they constitute passive activities) is an important one,
as the Irish Revenue Commissioners (“Revenue”) are cognisant of and will prevent low substance
businesses (otherwise known as “brass plate operations”) availing of the lower rate."
Once again did you miss the part where FDI creates large amounts of skilled employment in Ireland?
As for the massive unemployment over here, I fail to see the relevance on this discussion. Does our unemployment hurt Ireland or someone else in Europe? Doesn't seem that way, considering that our brightest people are going to Germany, France...
Oh yeah, its not like Spain's poor economic performance threatens the very existence of the Eurozone or anything. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19797656
But since you mention it: If our European partners are annoyed about our unemployment, debt, or whatever they should just tell our gov. "Go fuck yourself and don't ask for help until there's no a single corrupt politician in office". Really, that's what would help. Not giving a lot of money to our banks who will in turn use it to pay their debts to German banks.
Oh hey I agree. Fuck the banks first last and forever. But don't hold up Ireland as some sort of villain - the country is doing what it must to compete, with very few assets, and is doing it successfully. The Dutch, French, UK and other countries have tax havens of their own, probably Spain too.
Ireland is still recovering to mid nineteenth century population levels courtesy of one of its "European partners". Its a country that needs every advantage it can get, and as a result of its policies around 20-25% of the workforce gains employment through foreign direct investment or its subsidiary industries. Maybe Spain with its massive unemployment should start looking at its own house before criticising others?
The only thing that's missing from Standford to complete the picture is the reward incentive. There's a lot wrong with this pop-sci article, characterising a broad clinical array of disorders typically enough as being one looming shadowy monster, but at least it does show that corporate structures which encourage this behaviour are bad. I appreciate that the idea that any one of us is capable of having and keeping the same mindset makes some people uncomfortable, but such is life.
Generally I'm uncomfortable with many of the assertations of western popular culture that make people subhuman or different - you aren't a person, you're an ex-con. You aren't a person, you're a junkie. Once you're gay its impossible to 'turn' straight. All nonsense designed to elevate a subset of society in their own minds.
What a moron. No, really.
Bullshit.
I don't know why there is this perception that psychopaths, or more properly sociopaths, are some kind of aliens among us. Why does anyone think that perfectly normal people can't behave in a similar fashion? After all, power corrupts.
This is how they are being spent.
I think trademarks work more like stopping people using your expensive work and effort for their own advantage. So while Slashdot wines has no relationship to technology or discussion forums, and so would probably be irrelevant, Slashdot smart phones would have to be challenged or the trademark would be weakened. The reason for the law is sound but like any law can be abused by those with enough money to do so. Also, the internet would be less fun without armchair lawyers.
Don't confuse philosophy with physics. The latter in particular has moved somewhat beyond Newton.
I would bet that its a lot easier to shoot down rockets at close range than when they are hurtling through the upper atmosphere.
Oh so that's why they breed a bunch of them and release them into the wild. It all makes sense now.
(i am a hunter, but i also ENJOY the hunt, and i EAT what i shoot), I can see why they do it.
If you're a hunter you are probably aware of the many rules and reglations surrounding hunting, to make sure that animals don't suffer unneccesarily. For example hereabouts you can't use a triple hook to foul hook a freshwater fish, you can't bowhunt deer, and so on. Likewise you can't privately breed dogs to tear each other apart in private pit fights on your private property. If you do, you'll be arrested and imprisoned, and rightly so.
I mean what, aren't there enough wild pigeons to hunt? Are they too challenging a target? What pleasure is there in this, would you breed deer and shoot them as they run out of their pen? This isn't hunting, its barbaric slaughter.
The 'hunters', and I use that word loosely, seem to be growing pigeons in cages and releasing them from crates, whereupon they are shot by people standing a few yards away. 'Canned hunting' they call it. Idiot rednecks I call it.
Yes, a kind heart and sense of humour go a long, long way. Some of the hard bitten faux-cynical beauties I've met get a lot less attractive after they open their mouths.
Youth is idealistic, therefore generally willing to commit much longer work hours "for the cause."
The word you were reaching for was "suckers".
Isn't that too broad a charge?
That the question even needs to be asked is a pitiable commentary on the state of affairs in the US today.
Yikes I thought they were starting over, they're seriously going to try and put another layer on top of that?
Really, works fine for most websites. Add a few scripts for references and such, automate some of the layout and done.
Incidentally can we get a CSS switch that makes links the same colour as the rest of the text, user preferences kind of thing? The multicoloured text is really hard to read.
Neither do most Indians, oddly enough.
No, I am not. I've never had or seen an eclair with custard in it, always with cream. :)
Science be high on figurin' out why
mah rap is bussin' a cap in the ass
of motherfuckers makin' Darwin cry
while I'm takin' a toke on dat grass
Respec yo.
They usually put clotted cream in eclairs, I don't think I've ever met one filled with custard?
Why not indeed! http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/cosmology/gammaray.html