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Ireland Bucks Global Tax Deal
July 15, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 34 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/15/ireland-bucks-global-tax-deal/
"SNIP.....
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that Ireland cannot be part of an international agreement on a minimum global tax rate of 15 percent, the Irish Times: reports.
Earlier this month, the G7 and OECD countries reached agreement but not unanimous consensus on the key aspects of a global tax deal which seeks to introduce a minimum rate of 15 per cent. Ireland is among a handful of countries, including Hungary, who are opposed to a 15 percent rate.
......SNIP"
applegrove
(118,492 posts)the last time Ireland was a neocon paradise and it all blew up.
pwb
(11,246 posts)I am sick of our own telling us to get screwed?
DFW
(54,281 posts)Go ahead. Triple their NATO dues.
300% of zero is still zero.
If Ireland ever joins NATO, then you might have a case.
Gruenemann
(978 posts)pwb
(11,246 posts)Fuck them then.
DFW
(54,281 posts)For the record
Although they are definitely English-speaking, their proximity to the NA part of NATO (i.e. the North Atlantic) is tenuous at best, so I think they deserve a pass here.