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I wish the US had laws like the EU that protected the consumer.
by mkaziz 10y ago
I wish the US had laws like the EU that protected the consumer.
- alivelore 10y agoIf the US had the same taxation and regulatory environment as Europe you wouldn't have Facebook in the first place lol
- mkaziz 10y agoFunnily, I'd be okay with that. I guess I'm just an old fogey though.
- droopyEyelids 10y agoOr just educated in history. Really, what is the longest period of time a country has existed without a repressive regime coming to power and abusing the institutions and populace?
- antisthenes 10y agoI don't know exactly how long, but I'd venture to say it's one of the small extremely homogeneous European countries like Switzerland or Denmark. It's an interesting question to ponder about in your free time.
- kristianc 10y agoWith of those you're looking back about as far as 1815 and the Napoleonic wars, if you're counting backwards from today.
- kahnpro 10y agoAnd without a massive war? The USA has had 151 years of uninterrupted peace. Just as an example---because the old rivalry was USA vs USSR---Russia has endured two devastating and traumatic world wars, a revolution, a civil war, and Stalin. And they still rivaled US power throughout the cold war. I think Americans really overstate the effectiveness of their economic and political system, and understate the huge advantage they have geographically.
- bovermyer 10y ago151 years of uninterrupted peace? I think you're forgetting about some conflicts. Now, if you're talking just about wars that don't involve enemy attacks on American facilities, then technically World War II still counts. So no, not 151 years. With that said, I do agree with your final sentence.
- kristianc 10y agoBritain (well, England) has managed a good 350-450 years before.
- ewood 10y agoThe US has higher absolute and effective corporate tax rates than EU countries and almost every country in the OECD. Tax treatment of equity compensation varies among European nations though.
- ionised 10y agoDeal.
- ma2rten 10y agoI used to work at Hyves, the biggest social network in the Netherlands at that time. Hyves started around the same time as Facebook. The company sold to a publisher and they ultimately closed it down. There are multiple reasons why Hyves failed taxation and regulatory environment is not one of them.
- Fnoord 10y agoHow much tax did Apple pay to the US government based on their income, compared to the EU? Apple managed to pay virtually nothing in EU, thanks to a deal with Ireland. Which, incidentally, also got axed by the very same Margrethe Vestager.
- oever 10y agoIt only works when the laws are upheld. Facebook is a non-EU company, so their actions are purely a problem for the people locked to Facebook, not for the European economy. The emissions excesses of diesel cars first discovered on Volkswagen were fined in the USA. Volkswagen is a non-USA company. The EU is still not taking action on the emissions because it is feared that that would impact the bottom line of the European car industry which is apparently more important than the health of the constituency. http://gerbrandy.eu/dieselgate-report-co-rapporteur-gerbrandy-dieselgate-scandal-could-and-should-have-been-prevented/ http://gerbrandy.eu/dieselgate-report-co-rapporteur-gerbrand...