For shame. For shame. What sort of parents have they.
Predictable response from Thatcherite Ireland.
Shame. Shame.
Thatās one of the biggest problems with the Irish economy. Legions of low-skilled, middle income bean counters identifying as high flying financiers because they wear a suit to work.
The sad reality is that we have a barely developing indigenous export sector, which is what Irish economic prosperity is always going to be based on. 4000 exporting firms to Denmarkās 30,000 exporting firms. Our top 50 exporters file no patents either in the US or Europe. 50% of the IDAās clients are research inactive. Fuck all business investment in third level R&D collaboration compared to other developed economies. And whatās worse, thereās no vision at all for how any of this can be changed. Instead you have lads cheering on Noonanās defence of tax avoidance scheme.
But what else can you expect from these private sector bureaucrats. They have never built anything and donāt have a creative bone in their body.
The same goons on here who also moan about the high tax rate they pay themselves. Spoofers the lot of 'em.
It is a good soundbite but off top of my head
Glanbia are a top 50 exporter
Glanbia file multiple patents in US and Europe
The Revenue is trying to address the problem with the advent of The Knowledge Box but thay havent a clue how to make it work.
Kerry group the same
Glen Dimplex surely file patents?
Smurfit Kappa?
Homelessness
You canāt patent that
Anytime I see or hear that baldy bollocks the name McCole springs to mind
Going out of his way to deny the Irish people ā¬15 billion from the EU.
Where does this amazing economic feat come in the Kaiserās list lads?
You just donāt get it mate. He has to play the game or theyāll all leave.
Canāt wait to hear these cunts come out and defend an appeal. I get we rely on FDI, but ā¬13bn? Would fund a proper water infrastructure. This is why I went on the Water Charge protest. They jail a man for paying vat on apples instead of garlic or vice versa but facilitate 13bn write off for a MNC. What a corrupt dump we live in.
They are paying an effective tax rate of 0.05% I think. Our rate is 12.5%. āTheyāll all leaveā is scare tactics. 12.5% is a good rate, if they donāt want to pay it then fine, fcuk off. Not sure there are many countries with a tax rate of less than that with an English speaking workforce. Switching costs can also be significant. Everyone should pay their fair share. If they do leave then 13bn should keep the old economy going for a while until we come up with another solution. And remember, 13bn is just for Apple.
They wonāt all leave if Apple are forced to pay tax, but they will all leave if we arenāt seen to be attempting to defend the tax deals. Thereās a subtlety.
Iām sure Noonan is delighted to be getting the money, but he canāt be seen to be delighted.
Heās playing a stormer, shake his fist at the EU whilst getting to put his other hand in Apples pocket.
The likes of Noonan, Kenny and the Fainneās before them have bullied the poor into subsidising the wealthy for a long time now. If you think the establishment are secretly happy about this you are wrong. We all knew what was going on, now itās official. FG have banged the āEU say we must do itā drum since they came into govt. They even used it to push water charges.
We gave up our sovereignty when we joined the EU. In fairness in a lot of aspects they pulled us kicking and screaming into the first world. Weād get nothing done without Brussels forcing reform down our throats