Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants

Re:Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants by flosim on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:05AM (#18397389)

More competitive, OK. Who doesn't want their country to be more competitive anyway, whatever that means? Certainly no one in their right mind would argue to make it more diverse, more educated while we're at it?

How about you share how you think this could work? While I agree for more competitiveness for my country, history has shown me repeatedly that low taxes isn't actually working out that great.

Equating low taxes with increased competitiveness is to me dishonest as a generality. I'm certainly not opposed to admitting that it can work in some cases, but I can't agree to this as a general rule.

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Re:Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants by TulliusCicero on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:31AM (#18397812)

Why would it be lower taxes? All the major tech hubs in the US are in higher tax areas (by US standards). If lower taxes were the solution, you'd see Silicon Valley in Texas or Oklahoma or somewhere like that.

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Re:Three European Countries Block Tax on Tech Giants by flosim on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:25AM (#18400153)

The fact that you commented against a proposal made by a parent made me believe that you were in agreement with it. Sorry!

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