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Post by seniorcitizen007 on Nov 23, 2023 6:30:35 GMT
GDP per capita
UK 48,000$
Germany 52,000$
France 46,000$
USA 76,000$
Ireland 98,000$
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Post by buccaneer on Nov 23, 2023 6:34:39 GMT
Look up 'Leprechaun economics'.
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 23, 2023 7:21:45 GMT
Why is Ireland so rich? - it isn't. Even the Irish Central Bank says you should not use their GDP figures  |
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 23, 2023 8:56:05 GMT
It's effectively a tax haven because it has very low corporation tax and a lot of businesses have their notional HQ in Ireland in order to cut tax. They're not averse to tax dodges either - like the Double Irish. Basically Ireland went bust a few decades ago with a property crash and they decided to go for growth. The EU don't like it of course. This is what we should be doing (up to a point). Ireland has a CT rate of 12.5%. Truss wanted the UK to go to 15% but the EU didn't like this and got her removed.
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Post by bancroft on Nov 23, 2023 9:25:05 GMT
A lot of EU money went into Ireland to build roads and railways up to 2013 then they dropped corp tax very low to attract the HQs of the big corporations.
Also only spend 0.2% on defence as they piggy back on us and the US.
I have read it is a very unbalanced economy.
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Post by patman post on Nov 23, 2023 12:12:53 GMT
Truss wanted the UK to go to 15% but the EU didn't like this and got her removed. So the UK never got its independence and sovereignty back despite the promises of many Leave campaigners… |
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 24, 2023 7:30:27 GMT
Truss wanted the UK to go to 15% but the EU didn't like this and got her removed. So the UK never got its independence and sovereignty back despite the promises of many Leave campaigners… You obviously weren't paying attention when the Remoaners did everything they could to prevent us leaving the EU. They even hijacked Parliament and passed the Surrender Act to prevent us leaving except under EU terms. Since then things have taken a more sinister turn with the removal of most of the members of the government who were genuine Brexiteers. As I've said I think the EU's fingerprints are all over this. The fact is that our Parliament is overwhelmingly remain and they don't support democracy.. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2023 8:22:35 GMT
So the UK never got its independence and sovereignty back despite the promises of many Leave campaigners… You obviously weren't paying attention when the Remoaners did everything they could to prevent us leaving the EU. They even hijacked Parliament and passed the Surrender Act to prevent us leaving except under EU terms. Since then things have taken a more sinister turn with the removal of most of the members of the government who were genuine Brexiteers. As I've said I think the EU's fingerprints are all over this. The fact is that our Parliament is overwhelmingly remain and they don't support democracy.. Conspiracy theory.🤣 |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 24, 2023 12:50:12 GMT
EU tax avoidance capital.
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Post by patman post on Nov 24, 2023 13:01:21 GMT
EU tax avoidance capital. That would be Liechtenstein — the only country with more registered companies than citizens… |
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Post by Vinny on Nov 24, 2023 13:05:35 GMT
Liechtenstein is the tax avoidance capital of EFTA. Not the EU. Ireland and Luxembourg are the EU's top tax havens.
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Post by vlk on Nov 24, 2023 16:03:30 GMT
Ireland also has an Indian PM.
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Post by patman post on Nov 24, 2023 21:19:36 GMT
Liechtenstein is the tax avoidance capital of EFTA. Not the EU. Ireland and Luxembourg are the EU's top tax havens. Oxfam may claim what it likes. The EU knows where its funds are siphoned off to out of its reach. Ireland and Luxembourg don’t appear to be on that EU list… |
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Post by borchester on Nov 24, 2023 21:37:52 GMT
I don't know why Ireland is so rich, but the Irish have spent much of their history exporting poverty and living on the ribs of their arses, so they deserve a break
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Post by steppenwolf on Nov 25, 2023 9:24:24 GMT
You obviously weren't paying attention when the Remoaners did everything they could to prevent us leaving the EU. They even hijacked Parliament and passed the Surrender Act to prevent us leaving except under EU terms. Since then things have taken a more sinister turn with the removal of most of the members of the government who were genuine Brexiteers. As I've said I think the EU's fingerprints are all over this. The fact is that our Parliament is overwhelmingly remain and they don't support democracy.. Conspiracy theory.🤣 What exactly do you think politicians do all day RR? Conspiracy is the only thing they're good at.  |
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