EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business

Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by poszlem on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:52PM (#34019358)

It being a "global goal" is exactly what I don't like. I don't especially care if a country wants to tax their citizens whatever high. My problem is only when we reach a state of a "global government" deciding what's best for specific countries.

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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by rsj_hn on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:07PM (#34019585)

There is really not much to look forward to in Europe besides trying to police others.

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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by cjbgkagh on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:57PM (#34020267)

The continent already feels like it's trying to tax itself to death. I don't know how Europeans survive, and this was before the energy crisis. I do worry European wealth will start to evaporate and we'll see the kind of social strife that occurs when the pension funds run out and people who were promised dignity into old age find out they're not going to get it.

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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by rr888 on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:33PM (#34020753)

I used to think this until I moved to the USA. Property taxes here are insane. Add state tax, NYC city tax, Social Security etc the marginal taxes are well over 60% of income. And you still have to pay for your own healthcare after that.

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Re:EU adopts global minimum 15% tax on big business by cjbgkagh on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:49PM (#34020968)

They're not mutually exclusive, both can be true.

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