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That is rich. So they US wasn't fighting the good fight here, but rather looking after itself, arm twisting the existing tax heavens so that it could become the
by jernfrost 11y ago
That is rich. So they US wasn't fighting the good fight here, but rather looking after itself, arm twisting the existing tax heavens so that it could become the new tax heaven!
Ah well I guess hypocrisy is something the US has mastered to perfection decades ago.
Well I hope the EU is not going to stand for this. I am tired of American bullying. Some mutual respect would be nice for a change.
- happyscrappy 11y agoRespect is earned not by weakness. Europe should be a powerhouse but are too limp wristed.
- ethbro 11y agoTired of America bullying? One of the reasons we probably didn't sign on to the treaty is because anything that sounds like UN or international agreement is toxic for roughly half of our voters. And the primary reason for that (not completely unjustly) is the feeling that no one else will do the work if we don't. Stuff like [1] and [2] make it kind of hard to argue. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations#Funding [2] http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2014/03/17/comparison-of-russian-military-budget-with-eu-nato-and-us-budgets/ http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2014/03/17/comparison-of...