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oldenboom said:

In Europe such gifts would be considered unethical or even illegal as they’ll be considered infringements of our bribery and anti-corruption rules, worsened by the fact a political person is involved. The more I learn about the USA these months, the more I despise the country and the more I like Europe - even though it’s far from perfect.

Mike Wuerthele said:

Updated with a rule about attacking a post author, instead of what you should be doing in criticizing the post opinion.

libertyandfree said:

 And if Trump is one thing he is a negotiator 

tiredskills said:

jem101 said:

Now here VAT is applied at a national level, currently 20% but some products are zero rated, most foodstuff, children's clothing, for example. So if a product is sold for, say £100 then the retailer is required to send £20 to the government as a sales tax. And this applies to everything, there is no exemption for ‘home made’ stuff, so yes, I’m struggling to see what issue the current US administration has about this!

Not quite right, the 20% isn't applied on the end price, it's on the pre-tax price, which the consumer hardly ever sees in countries outside the USA unless you check the detail of your receipts.  If the product is sold for £100, then the pre-tax price would have been £83.33, and the 20% VAT would be £16.66, for a total, inc VAT of £100.

dogolaca said:

pixeltini said:

Hmm, who could have guessed interfering with law enforcement efforts would be illegal? It's no different than attempting to block a police vehicle doing its duty to protect Americans against those who would do us harm. You know… gang members, drug dealers, convicted felons, cartel thugs, human traffickers, and so on.

You forgot to include car washers, tacqueros, seamstress, day laborers and people waiting for the bus in your list of the dangerous people that the racist TrumpMiller goons are kidnapping.