You are correct the Netherlands is not Scandanavia. Ireland is a tax haven and an example of how we should have left the EU. Lower corporation tax attract companies and investment. Instead this stupid corrupt government has done the opposite and resulted in less investment and a lower tax take. The last 15 years we have had some terrible decisons by uk government's.In 2007, before the global financial crash, the UK's GDP per capita was $300 less than the Netherlands (yes, not Scandinavia, but still great public services by all accounts) and basically the same as Germany. In 2009, after the financial crash, we'd slipped to over $4k behind the Netherlands but were actually $1200 ahead of Germany. We're now over $10k less than Germany and $17k less than the Netherlands. It's an astonishing fall from grace. We're now less than half that of Ireland.
You are correct the Netherlands is not Scandanavia. Ireland is a tax haven and an example of how we should have left the EU. Lower corporation tax attract companies and investment. Instead this stupid corrupt government has done the opposite and resulted in less investment and a lower tax take. The last 15 years we have had some terrible decisons by uk government's.
I dissagree. Its working for Ireland. What's wrong with making and encouraging companies to pay tax in the country they earn it. So many UK companies have HQs in Ireland and Luxembourg. Its plainly wrong. You presumably think this is a good idea. Why?We would have been in an even worst state than we are now. Such a policy would have provoked a trade war with the EU and the kind of premiership that ended Liz Truss.
I blame brexit!
Per Capita numbers are difficult to compare. Our population has fucking boomed towards 70m. Legal immigration was around 1m last year. The country needs to be highly productive to maintain high per capita GDP and it simply isn't. We have an aging population too with doesn't help matters.You are correct the Netherlands is not Scandanavia. Ireland is a tax haven and an example of how we should have left the EU. Lower corporation tax attract companies and investment. Instead this stupid corrupt government has done the opposite and resulted in less investment and a lower tax take. The last 15 years we have had some terrible decisons by uk government's.
The problem with the UK trying to be a tax haven is that it doesn't work if the companies based there then have regulatory barriers put in place by not being in the EU that Ireland can bypass. Being a tax haven doesn't really work for a country of 67 million people.You are correct the Netherlands is not Scandanavia. Ireland is a tax haven and an example of how we should have left the EU. Lower corporation tax attract companies and investment. Instead this stupid corrupt government has done the opposite and resulted in less investment and a lower tax take. The last 15 years we have had some terrible decisons by uk government's.
I blame cuts to meals on wheels and care in the community.
If I told you i passionately believe in world class public services and that we should be funding them, I doubt you would believe me blue but it’s true.
Don't need to be a tax haven just need to have a tax edge. I dissagree on that point aswell, we can certainly ensure our own companies pay tax in the UK. But as usual the UK government does nothing proactive. They are utterly useless imo.The problem with the UK trying to be a tax haven is that it doesn't work if the companies based there then have regulatory barriers put in place by not being in the EU that Ireland can bypass. Being a tax haven doesn't really work for a country of 67 million people.
You are correct the Netherlands is not Scandanavia. Ireland is a tax haven and an example of how we should have left the EU. Lower corporation tax attract companies and investment. Instead this stupid corrupt government has done the opposite and resulted in less investment and a lower tax take. The last 15 years we have had some terrible decisons by uk government's.
That old chestnut, they do it out of the goodness of their hearts as a favour to us ungrateful tax payers. If they could get more in the private sector, when you start adding in benefits like gold plated pensions, extra holidays, and more generous things like sick pay, and conditions they'd be off. Let's not kid ourselves.
They might not make the cut quality wise either ?
Strictly speaking, it's better to have high corporation tax, because what happens is that it incentivises corporations to invest more of their profits into research and development to lower their tax burden (which is what used to happen 60 or 70 years ago). Instead, we have a system that rewards stockpiling cash and giving vast dividends to the already vastly wealthy. Unfortunately, that only works in the pre-globalized world where companies can't move easily to wherever has the lowest rates. Having said that, there's clearly no political will to do anything about it.If lowering the Corporation tax to 12.5% was a panacea for all our ills then I suspect we may have done it. But the UK is not Ireland, and corporation tax is just one factor amongst many and not even the most crucial. Larger European countries pitch corporation tax at around the same level give or take a point or two. The US federal rate is 21% and they are powering along quite nicely at the moment.
That old chestnut, they do it out of the goodness of their hearts as a favour to us ungrateful tax payers. If they could get more in the private sector, when you start adding in benefits like gold plated pensions, extra holidays, and more generous things like sick pay, and conditions they'd be off. Let's not kid ourselves.
They might not make the cut quality wise either ?
No, it's not what you stated. You called it "an old chestnut" that people were paid more in the private sector. And your last statement is an insult to hardworking officers trying to keep the show on the road with staff shortages and agency staff. (Oh, wait, just like the crap nurses left in the NHS who accept no responsibility). Please don't dig any deeper.Is that not saying what I just stated. When the benefits to them are more, they will be off !
The result of which is that the crap is left. The ones who accept no responsibility.
Post office? What's a post office? I do remember them.Outside of BT and maybe the post office i think privatisation has been a disaster.
There are loads around? They’re increasing in number too as they’re taking on the role of high street bank for most people/businesses.Post office? What's a post office? I do remember them.