Well colour me shocked. I was eagerly awaiting PB updates on the race and religion of the Iowa police shooter but for some reason they've failed to TZing lack of #BlueLiveMatter on twitter as well I see.
Don't be silly you nitwit...it's one of Hillary's campaign team pretending to be a Trump supporter that's shooting cops.......
Hillary attacking the FBI and US law enforcement was irresponsible. I hoped it wouldn't push the mentally disturbed over the edge but I fear it has. Ghastly.
Two cops were assassinated today whilst sat in patrol cars.
The only improvement I'd make is to write "Their is not any country in the Europeon Union called Hellas?" instead of "There". Still, you've got to hand it to the author for making one spelling mistake in each sentence as well as combining cockiness with mindblowing ignorance.
Whenever I've told a supervisor or head of department that a public servant I've been dealing with has literacy problems, such as repeatedly running sentences on because they don't understand what a sentence is, I've always been treated as if I've thrown a turd. There's no reporting procedure for bringing to a responsible person's attention that the basic competency with words that used to be taken for granted among all public servants and clerks is absent; that an organisation is employing people to write letters without having checked that they know how to do it properly or given them suitable training. Nobody gives the slightest toss.
Well colour me shocked. I was eagerly awaiting PB updates on the race and religion of the Iowa police shooter but for some reason they've failed to mention he's a white Trump supporter.
Stunning lack of #BlueLiveMatter on twitter as well I see.
Don't be silly you nitwit...it's one of Hillary's campaign team pretending to be a Trump supporter that's shooting cops.......
Hillary attacking the FBI and US law enforcement was irresponsible. I hoped it wouldn't push the mentally disturbed over the edge but I fear it has. Ghastly.
Of course calling Mexicans rapists and Muslims terrorists is entirely responsible. Let alone bragging about assaulting women, not paying his taxes, and stiffing work men...and thats is just his starters for ten......
All we can really say from the early voting data is that it seems to be broadly compatible with the opinion polls, i,e. there's nothing there to suggest either a big Clinton lead or a substantial Trump vote which the pollsters aren't picking up.
If you go down the thread we were considering sending out a missing party into the digital void. TSE thought that you were at the cinema.
Anyway, in your absence, there's been a lot of brutal chatter of murdering animals and eating their flesh to fill the space......
How appropriate .... I was detailing with tenants in the dungeons of Auchentennach Castle .... and from earlier comments down thread I clearly need to make room ....
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Keeping money in the US economy by encouraging American companies to bring it back onshore sounds like a good start.
Encouragiing companies to employ Americans rather than importing workers from foreign countries and paying them less sounds like a good continuation.
Can I adress the first part of your answer, the issue of repatriation of cash back to the US. This is one of those things that sounds so great, but - in isolation - is not actually economically sensible.
Bear with me.
If you look at large companies around the world - Siemens, Vodafone, etc. - then in almost all cases, you'll find they send (where possible) earnings back from subsidiaries to the the US. The only companies that do not do that are US ones. Why?
There are two (inter-related) reasons for this:
Firstly, the Federal corporate tax rate in the US is 35%, and there are state taxes on top of that. (The UK, by contrast, is 20%, and almost all countries, including those regarded as socialist by most PBers, are sub 30%.) Remitting profits - as dividends from subsidiaries - back to the US typically incurs a tax on the difference between the local tax charge and the US one. So, if you make £100 of profit in the UK, hand over £20 to the UK government, then you're liable for £15 of tax on the profits you send back to the US. Now, companies use all kinds of methods to get around this (cross charging, brand licensing, etc.), but the ultimate goal of the company is to pay as little tax as possible.
Secondly, US managements have gotten very adept at getting money to accrue in low (or zero) tax jurisdictions. So, companies will have BVI, Bermuda, Netherlands Antilles holding companies that will 'own' intellectual property. Profits (and cash) accrue there, rather than in the UK or US.
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
There's also the other important issue. If Google or Facebook is allowed to bring back cash tax free, why do you think it would result in more Americans being employed by them? These companies are already hiring as fast as they can in the US. Sure, they'll sign a pledge about increasing their investment in the US or somesuch guff, but how would you possibly police it?
People forget: this has been tried. In 2004 there was a repatriation holiday, after lavish promises about investment, and $362bn was returned to the US. It had the opposite of the expected effect, and those companies actually reduced investment in the US. Why? Because the tax holiday effectively gave a message to corporates saying 'earn your money abroad tax free instead of earning it in the US and paying taxes'. There is no way around this conundrum: repatriation holidays incentivise moving production abroad.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Are CNN screening for early voting ?
Worth delving in the crosstabs ....
So CNN have managed to produce a poll in Nevada which is 1in5 Latino, without any Hispanic sample??! What the hell are they playing at? Surely any responsible organiation would put the poll in the trash where it belongs.
Micro Spooky Leaks Hillary is in PANIC MODE: Has rally scheduled in DETROIT MI on Friday - Isn't DETROIT a solid BLUE?? ... Maybe Not https://t.co/ZUgrd6lQpu
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
Why have you got one of those little (damned annoying), yellow cartoon faces winking at this story? Am I missing something?
Steer clear of that new MacBook you were planning on buying in the US. It has a feature which will give you a whole row of yellow cartoon faces grinning up at you from the keyboard.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
Its handwaving. Women love being grabbed without permission, hispanic men love being called rapists, hispanic women love being called 'Ms housekeeping'
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
I think that may have been a misjudgement, but hes not a professional politician and didn't realise his future self would be running to be president.
I don't think we should have our past held against us forever
Why have you got one of those little (damned annoying), yellow cartoon faces winking at this story? Am I missing something?
Steer clear of that new MacBook you were planning on buying in the US. It has a feature which will give you a whole row of yellow cartoon faces grinning up at you from the keyboard.
Why have you got one of those little (damned annoying), yellow cartoon faces winking at this story? Am I missing something?
Steer clear of that new MacBook you were planning on buying in the US. It has a feature which will give you a whole row of yellow cartoon faces grinning up at you from the keyboard.
Lee Hurst Hilary Clinton will next claim she was with John Terry when he won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. https://t.co/syJ5zL4dUs
Here's the clip. Surprising that she would slip up on this again as it was recently debunked. She was in NYC on 9/12 the following day, but not during the attacks.
Micro Spooky Leaks Hillary is in PANIC MODE: Has rally scheduled in DETROIT MI on Friday - Isn't DETROIT a solid BLUE?? ... Maybe Not https://t.co/ZUgrd6lQpu
Hmmm... My inkling about Michigan being the surprise package of this election may have substance after all!
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Are CNN screening for early voting ?
Worth delving in the crosstabs ....
So CNN have managed to produce a poll in Nevada which is 1in5 Latino, without any Hispanic sample??! What the hell are they playing at? Surely any responsible organiation would put the poll in the trash where it belongs.
There are Hispanics, just not enough to get a moe of less than 8.5% which given 20 Hispanic population means they way undersampled Hispanics.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
I think that may have been a misjudgement, but hes not a professional politician and didn't realise his future self would be running to be president.
I don't think we should have our past held against us forever
Nah he was talking about using celebrity power to assault people. The sort of thing you expect from a 1970s light entertainment star, not a president.
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
Getting a bit squeaky bum time for Clinton. Hopefully she's done enough and can hold on.
Indeed – perhaps the fallout from the revisited FBI investigation will have petered out in a couple of days and she can regain the momentum. - It’s not looking good though.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
I think that may have been a misjudgement, but hes not a professional politician and didn't realise his future self would be running to be president.
I don't think we should have our past held against us forever
I know you've posted that little yellow cartoon face to wind me up....
I did say I didn't mind them, but I do actually. My friends have started using them in texts...I have told them to stop it.....
But on Trump...how can you misjudge saying that you grab women by the pussy because you can? That should disqualify him from any post that carries any kind of responsibility over anyone else.
Well colour me shocked. I was eagerly awaiting PB updates on the race and religion of the Iowa police shooter but for some reason they've failed to TZing lack of #BlueLiveMatter on twitter as well I see.
Don't be silly you nitwit...it's one of Hillary's campaign team pretending to be a Trump supporter that's shooting cops.......
Hillary attacking the FBI and US law enforcement was irresponsible. I hoped it wouldn't push the mentally disturbed over the edge but I fear it has. Ghastly.
Two cops were assassinated today whilst sat in patrol cars.
By a right wing nutter with a grudge about a confederate flag.
How the hell is that anything to do with Clinton ?
Micro Spooky Leaks Hillary is in PANIC MODE: Has rally scheduled in DETROIT MI on Friday - Isn't DETROIT a solid BLUE?? ... Maybe Not https://t.co/ZUgrd6lQpu
Hmmm... My inkling about Michigan being the surprise package of this election may have substance after all!
There's weird stuff going on - Trump wouldn't be in New Mexico by accident either. In UK elections we never dismiss a candidate's appearance schedule - but for some odd reason, when Trump does something - it's rubbished.
He's been in business for 50yrs and employs 60k - and he's stupid and has no idea? Give me a break.
Luntz also tweeted how Romney was 3 ahead of Obama in the WaPo/ABC tracker at the same stage in 2012 but Maybe you filter out tweets that don't confirm your bias
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
Up by 5 in Nevada including being up on Clark County (+19 Dem in 2008 and +15 Dem in 2012) as well as not polling enough Hispanics to produce a sub sample, Hispanics are 20% of the population)
And generally the laziest of voters.
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Trump was referring to illegal immigrants though, and he did mention that some were indeed "good people".
Next, Pulps, you'll be saying that Trump bragging about grabbing women by the genitals was locker room talk....
I think that may have been a misjudgement, but hes not a professional politician and didn't realise his future self would be running to be president.
I don't think we should have our past held against us forever
I know you've posted that little yellow cartoon face to wind me up....
I did say I didn't mind them, but I do actually. My friends have started using them in texts...I have told them to stop it.....
But on Trump...how can you misjudge saying that you grab women by the pussy because you can? That should disqualify him from any post that carries any kind of responsibility over anyone else.
I still say the next opinion poll should be in emoji form, over forty smiling faces in the blue column!
Actually, IIRC, TSE has already done that in a tweet!
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
Micro Spooky Leaks Hillary is in PANIC MODE: Has rally scheduled in DETROIT MI on Friday - Isn't DETROIT a solid BLUE?? ... Maybe Not https://t.co/ZUgrd6lQpu
Hmmm... My inkling about Michigan being the surprise package of this election may have substance after all!
There's weird stuff going on - Trump wouldn't be in New Mexico by accident either. In UK elections we never dismiss a candidate's appearance schedule - but for some odd reason, when Trump does something - it's rubbished.
He's been in business for 50yrs and employs 60k - and he's stupid and has no idea? Give me a break.
Ed Miliband in Nuneaton just before election day was an indicator all was not well in Labour-land.....
"I'm an IT guy and her email story is implausible at best, dishonest in the middle and downright corrupt at worst.
AIUI you're a lawyer/investigator working in financial services.
How would you react if one of the senior traders at your firm was caught with company secrets / client data on their own email account? Not just a random gmail account either, but on their own server at home? When you asked them to turn it over, they produced a pile of printed out emails and had wiped the server with industrial server cleaner. Yet when questioned they say there's nothing wrong and you have everything you need to see.
What do you say about that person, when the boss asks you for a reference for their promotion? "
If one of our staff did that they would certainly be disciplined and almost certainly dismissed. But that doesn't explain the vitriol and hatred. On its own, anyway.
As for @MaxP: A good rib of beef for Xmas lunch is one of life's joys. None of this turkey/goose rubbish. Buy your beef from a proper butcher. And don't be put off by all this nonsense about how difficult it is to cook. Nonsense all of it.
The best outcome of Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union would be to keep the country in the bloc, a committee of academic advisers to the German government said in a report on Wednesday.
The Council of Economic Experts said the biggest threat to the EU from Britain's departure was the political fallout.
"An exit of the United Kingdom from the EU would not only mean an economic loss, but above all a bigger political loss," they wrote in their report. "The best outcome of the upcoming negotiations would therefore be if a Brexit could be averted."
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
All taxation falls ultimately on individuals. Why not simply tax everyone at that point?
The best outcome of Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union would be to keep the country in the bloc, a committee of academic advisers to the German government said in a report on Wednesday.
The Council of Economic Experts said the biggest threat to the EU from Britain's departure was the political fallout.
"An exit of the United Kingdom from the EU would not only mean an economic loss, but above all a bigger political loss," they wrote in their report. "The best outcome of the upcoming negotiations would therefore be if a Brexit could be averted."
Luntz also tweeted how Romney was 3 ahead of Obama in the WaPo/ABC tracker at the same stage in 2012 but Maybe you filter out tweets that don't confirm your bias
It is fascinating how Trumpsters on here highlight and concentrate on any good poll for Trump and completely ignore the bad ones .
There's weird stuff going on - Trump wouldn't be in New Mexico by accident either. In UK elections we never dismiss a candidate's appearance schedule - but for some odd reason, when Trump does something - it's rubbished.
He's been in business for 50yrs and employs 60k - and he's stupid and has no idea? Give me a break.
Of course Donald isn't in New Mexico, Wisconsin or Michigan by accident.
If he was winning Pennsylvania, Nevada or Colorado or confident of North Carolina, Florida and Ohio he wouldn't need to try and expand his diminishing path to 270.
Luntz also tweeted how Romney was 3 ahead of Obama in the WaPo/ABC tracker at the same stage in 2012 but Maybe you filter out tweets that don't confirm your bias
It is fascinating how Trumpsters on here highlight and concentrate on any good poll for Trump and completely ignore the bad ones .
Luntz also tweeted how Romney was 3 ahead of Obama in the WaPo/ABC tracker at the same stage in 2012 but Maybe you filter out tweets that don't confirm your bias
It is fascinating how Trumpsters on here highlight and concentrate on any good poll for Trump and completely ignore the bad ones .
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
All taxation falls ultimately on individuals. Why not simply tax everyone at that point?
Companies incur additional costs on government and benefits from government more widely. Creates weird incentives if it's all on individuals and they only participate on one side of the equation.
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
All taxation falls ultimately on individuals. Why not simply tax everyone at that point?
Companies incur additional costs on government and benefits from government more widely. Creates weird incentives if it's all on individuals and they only participate on one side of the equation.
My point is that the beneficiary, ultimately, is individuals, not the company.
The best outcome of Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union would be to keep the country in the bloc, a committee of academic advisers to the German government said in a report on Wednesday.
The Council of Economic Experts said the biggest threat to the EU from Britain's departure was the political fallout.
"An exit of the United Kingdom from the EU would not only mean an economic loss, but above all a bigger political loss," they wrote in their report. "The best outcome of the upcoming negotiations would therefore be if a Brexit could be averted."
Sounds like a link between Trump and Russia Imagine Clinton in cahoots with a foreign power, using Wikileaks as a funnel for stolen Trump docs. FBI right on it?.
The best outcome of Brexit negotiations between Britain and the European Union would be to keep the country in the bloc, a committee of academic advisers to the German government said in a report on Wednesday.
The Council of Economic Experts said the biggest threat to the EU from Britain's departure was the political fallout.
"An exit of the United Kingdom from the EU would not only mean an economic loss, but above all a bigger political loss," they wrote in their report. "The best outcome of the upcoming negotiations would therefore be if a Brexit could be averted."
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
All taxation falls ultimately on individuals. Why not simply tax everyone at that point?
Companies incur additional costs on government and benefits from government more widely. Creates weird incentives if it's all on individuals and they only participate on one side of the equation.
My point is that the beneficiary, ultimately, is individuals, not the company.
A truth summed up by the great communicator Mitt Romney as, "Corporations are people, my friend."
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
A superior policy would be to give up trying to tax corporate profits altogether. If governments want a slice, let them buy shares like any other entity.
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
I have sympathy with that view, but it would be a very hard sell politically.
Companies should contribute towards the benefits government brings without which they could not function
All taxation falls ultimately on individuals. Why not simply tax everyone at that point?
Companies incur additional costs on government and benefits from government more widely. Creates weird incentives if it's all on individuals and they only participate on one side of the equation.
My point is that the beneficiary, ultimately, is individuals, not the company.
Kamrad Trumpcat FBI just released the "Vince Foster files". They have declared war on Criminal Hillary Clinton !!WOWZAH #PodestaEmails26 Donald Trump https://t.co/pgMPFkhOVZ
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The only improvement I'd make is to write "Their is not any country in the Europeon Union called Hellas?" instead of "There". Still, you've got to hand it to the author for making one spelling mistake in each sentence as well as combining cockiness with mindblowing ignorance.
Whenever I've told a supervisor or head of department that a public servant I've been dealing with has literacy problems, such as repeatedly running sentences on because they don't understand what a sentence is, I've always been treated as if I've thrown a turd. There's no reporting procedure for bringing to a responsible person's attention that the basic competency with words that used to be taken for granted among all public servants and clerks is absent; that an organisation is employing people to write letters without having checked that they know how to do it properly or given them suitable training. Nobody gives the slightest toss.
Clinton 48 .. Trump 44
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_PA_110216/
Mail: Congress asks why FBI Deputy Director whose wife took $675,000 in Clinton related cash is on Clinton case
https://t.co/ITMGPNJeVJ
A 6 point shift toward Trump in 4 weeks https://t.co/nWxphXl865
All we can really say from the early voting data is that it seems to be broadly compatible with the opinion polls, i,e. there's nothing there to suggest either a big Clinton lead or a substantial Trump vote which the pollsters aren't picking up.
A Boston law firm is being accused of improperly funneling millions of dollars into the Democratic Party https://t.co/bwTv5Yp8WY https://t.co/uCJqK0e5qt
Wikileaks doesn't even pretend.
I'm not a fan of any of them but it is not correct.
Hillary Clinton has lost 60 electoral votes in one week on the @RealClearNews projection.
She was at 333 last week. https://t.co/ZSa4QfYpCJ https://t.co/0uJb1dy2jp
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/11/02/justice_department_to_north_carolina_stop_purging_black_voters.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_top
Remember: *I* am the only vegetarian in the PB Village
Less AA, but more GOP-Clinton voters than GOP-Obama voters than last time.
More good polls for Trump via CNN so a fairly reliable source.
According to 538, Clinton is 3 ahead in FL and 5 ahead in PA while Trump is up by 4 in AZ and 5 in NV which is starting to slip into the GOP camp.
https://youtu.be/1x8RiO43Tsc
Any Phone poller that doesn't poll in Spanish in heavily hispanic states is suspect.
Worth delving in the crosstabs ....
https://youtu.be/5oj7sYOQaE0
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/11/02/relpa2.pdf
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2016/images/11/02/relfl3.pdf
PS I suddenly have this urge to get a Geek passport
Joe Biden car crashes into three vehicles in Delaware https://t.co/TfnAS5pK1e https://t.co/NNkF0jo1ur
Being called out as rapists could inject a tad of motivation methinks....
Bear with me.
If you look at large companies around the world - Siemens, Vodafone, etc. - then in almost all cases, you'll find they send (where possible) earnings back from subsidiaries to the the US. The only companies that do not do that are US ones. Why?
There are two (inter-related) reasons for this:
Firstly, the Federal corporate tax rate in the US is 35%, and there are state taxes on top of that. (The UK, by contrast, is 20%, and almost all countries, including those regarded as socialist by most PBers, are sub 30%.) Remitting profits - as dividends from subsidiaries - back to the US typically incurs a tax on the difference between the local tax charge and the US one. So, if you make £100 of profit in the UK, hand over £20 to the UK government, then you're liable for £15 of tax on the profits you send back to the US. Now, companies use all kinds of methods to get around this (cross charging, brand licensing, etc.), but the ultimate goal of the company is to pay as little tax as possible.
Secondly, US managements have gotten very adept at getting money to accrue in low (or zero) tax jurisdictions. So, companies will have BVI, Bermuda, Netherlands Antilles holding companies that will 'own' intellectual property. Profits (and cash) accrue there, rather than in the UK or US.
If you allow companies to bring back off-shore cash tax free you are effectively green lighting corporate tax evasion. And you are effectively saying "Big multinational companies, you don't need to pay tax. Small companies, 'fraid you still need to."
There's also the other important issue. If Google or Facebook is allowed to bring back cash tax free, why do you think it would result in more Americans being employed by them? These companies are already hiring as fast as they can in the US. Sure, they'll sign a pledge about increasing their investment in the US or somesuch guff, but how would you possibly police it?
People forget: this has been tried. In 2004 there was a repatriation holiday, after lavish promises about investment, and $362bn was returned to the US. It had the opposite of the expected effect, and those companies actually reduced investment in the US. Why? Because the tax holiday effectively gave a message to corporates saying 'earn your money abroad tax free instead of earning it in the US and paying taxes'. There is no way around this conundrum: repatriation holidays incentivise moving production abroad.
Micro Spooky Leaks
Hillary is in PANIC MODE: Has rally scheduled in DETROIT MI on Friday - Isn't DETROIT a solid BLUE?? ... Maybe Not https://t.co/ZUgrd6lQpu
Labour MP Marie Rimmer cleared of attacking Yes campaigner
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37846929
Why have you got one of those little (damned annoying), yellow cartoon faces winking at this story? Am I missing something?
The end game of the race to the bottom is 0% corporation tax anyway. You might as well get there first.
Hilary Clinton will next claim she was with John Terry when he won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. https://t.co/syJ5zL4dUs
I don't think we should have our past held against us forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vppk3R6eDuU&feature=youtu.be
https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/793606286642409472
From mid Oct
https://youtu.be/mxjLuvR0338
I did say I didn't mind them, but I do actually. My friends have started using them in texts...I have told them to stop it.....
But on Trump...how can you misjudge saying that you grab women by the pussy because you can? That should disqualify him from any post that carries any kind of responsibility over anyone else.
How the hell is that anything to do with Clinton ?
He's been in business for 50yrs and employs 60k - and he's stupid and has no idea? Give me a break.
Actually, IIRC, TSE has already done that in a tweet!
In response to @Sandpit (who said this);-
"I'm an IT guy and her email story is implausible at best, dishonest in the middle and downright corrupt at worst.
AIUI you're a lawyer/investigator working in financial services.
How would you react if one of the senior traders at your firm was caught with company secrets / client data on their own email account? Not just a random gmail account either, but on their own server at home? When you asked them to turn it over, they produced a pile of printed out emails and had wiped the server with industrial server cleaner. Yet when questioned they say there's nothing wrong and you have everything you need to see.
What do you say about that person, when the boss asks you for a reference for their promotion? "
If one of our staff did that they would certainly be disciplined and almost certainly dismissed. But that doesn't explain the vitriol and hatred. On its own, anyway.
As for @MaxP: A good rib of beef for Xmas lunch is one of life's joys. None of this turkey/goose rubbish. Buy your beef from a proper butcher. And don't be put off by all this nonsense about how difficult it is to cook. Nonsense all of it.
The Council of Economic Experts said the biggest threat to the EU from Britain's departure was the political fallout.
"An exit of the United Kingdom from the EU would not only mean an economic loss, but above all a bigger political loss," they wrote in their report. "The best outcome of the upcoming negotiations would therefore be if a Brexit could be averted."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-germany-advisors-idUSKBN12X1K0
If he was winning Pennsylvania, Nevada or Colorado or confident of North Carolina, Florida and Ohio he wouldn't need to try and expand his diminishing path to 270.
DOJ's Peter Kadzik who warned Clinton of email hearings to investigate Huma's emails.#rigged https://t.co/5uXdOPVFpC https://t.co/WFo7tIJS0i
I did say it was worse than Watergate...
Imagine Clinton in cahoots with a foreign power, using Wikileaks as a funnel for stolen Trump docs. FBI right on it?.
https://twitter.com/hollybdc/status/793853958716522496
Gallup says PA is a D+3 state. If this poll is D+11 and Trump down 4, in reality he is winning there. https://t.co/HazHDbTVMC
Wikileaks
Clinton's Mook used "other candidates" as cover for Clinton - Wasserman Shultz meeting https://t.co/hqU9Aw7VOW @SenSanders https://t.co/OcCGqVbA6J
So...er.....'treat with a note of caution'
FBI just released the "Vince Foster files". They have declared war on Criminal Hillary Clinton !!WOWZAH #PodestaEmails26 Donald Trump https://t.co/pgMPFkhOVZ
Edit: Here's the direct link to the FBI's Vince Foster files - https://vault.fbi.gov/vincent-foster/vincent-foster-part-01-of-04/view
Because its a secret ballot (apparently) and nobody knows who voted what, really?