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SpamSandwich said:

anton zuykov said:

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SpamSandwich said:

EU members will be paying more for everything. Congrats, fools!

HiIdiots do not realize, that when you tax a corporation (aka bureaucratic entity) it is either employees or the consumers that will pick up the tab.
Stupid is what stupid does. (less)

I’m sure everyone in the EU is completely OK with paying a significant premium for the pleasure of having no national sovereignty and having to live under rules crafted by woke politicians.

Quite a lot of people in the EU would be quite happy with rules that help prevent some of the blatent abuses of the tax system that have occurred here. If only some of the national governments would show some of the same backbone and address it.

robin huber said:

Would be cheaper to buy Ireland and withdraw it from the EU. 

Ireland's GDP is over $300 billion, so it wouldn't be cheaper and … (more)let's assume Apple/ireland lost the case and any appeals the demand for back collection would still stand due to treaty obligations. (less)

Another worthwhile cause supported by Apple. Good to see Cook carrying on with the ethos of Apple isn't just about the bottom line. Companies can enrich the world as well making profits.

Fair enough.

tallest skil said:

singularity said:

Guatenteed Paid maternity leave, paternity leave, protection on working hours… …

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Erasmus programme… …freedom to live anywhere within the EU, consumer rights, lower phone bills, lower mobile bills, good Safety standards… …paid holiday of a minimum 4 weeks… …clean givers and air. Health…

Your claim, then, is that these things magically did not exist before the EU and/or could not exist without the EU? Prove your new claim.

…single market of over 500 million people… …visa free movement…. 

Neither of these are good. These destroy nations. This is cultural genocide. Who are you–or any supranational “union”–to say what is and is not in the best interest of a single, sovereign nation when you are not a part of it? Who are you to dictate for others what their culture is? Who are you to dictate for others who can and cannot be in their nation? Why are nations incapable of deciding these things for themselves?

Protection against discrimination, privacy… …safety. Freedom of information

None of these exist under the EU at all. Holy shit.
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I've made no claim about them not existing before the EU ( in this case it's also the EEC) but many of them didn't exist before 1957. Even in the USA at the time a large group was regularly discriminated against.
 It was only because of the EEC/EU that the rules/regulations were harmonised across the member states. But hey I'll take my guaranteed 4 weeks paid holiday (though in my case it's 25 plus 8 bank holidays) etc.