Maybe fix the Irish tax loophole first?
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Exactly. Never do anything until you can do everything all at once. If you can't wave a magic wand and solve all problems everywhere, it's best to just keep the status quo.
Or, you know, do two things at once. It's not uneard of for a huge governmental entity to be able to do that. And it's stupid to repaint the ceiling when you have a leaky roof.
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A slap on the wrist for two of the tech giants is great progress. I would consider this a start, but not done yet.
The linked article supports this as well:
Tove Maria Ryding from the European Network on Debt and Development, an association of trade unions and non-governmental organisations, welcomed the ECJ's decision but stressed "our tax problem is more than just one rotten apple".
She said the case addressed tax matters dating back over 20 years and was "a perfect illustration of the chaotic corporate tax system we have".
“What we urgently need is a fundamental reform that can give us a tax system that is fair, effective, transparent and predictable," she said.
This in combination with deregulating the single market and allowing EU tech startup to thrive would finally give birth to real competitors on our continent
GoEU
deregulating
Nope. Nope-nopety-nope, leave this american bullshit where it belongs.
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Pardon my ignorance but what does deregulating the single Market mean?
There is a big push from EU at the moment to reduce "red tape" to make it easier for business, see for example mastodon post from EC a few hours ago: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/114280068967975617
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Should be two pronged - tariffs on cloud and other services while fostering competitive local alternatives. While it's possible knock up a cloud out of anything there is nothing in Europe as coherent as the offerings by Amazon, Google or Microsoft. And there should be.
Yeah and make it 200%
For now it’s a lot of mights and very few dids. Just make companies that are that huge to pay higher taxes to operate in the EU. It’s not a tariff is contributing their fair share to the social network of the EU. And ffs, reign in any country allowing these companies to operate in tax havens in the EU
hell, it's about time
Do it, the USA lost their industrial base to the shareholders and services is all they have. Let it rip!
FUCKING DO IT
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