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They still have offices in those countries, use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education as well as the access to a fair and regulate

by lexs 7y ago

They still have offices in those countries, use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education as well as the access to a fair and regulated market.

alt_f4 7y ago
> use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education We established the infrastructure bit to not be true (how many times do you have to pay for the same thing?). Education: so why are students then paying tuition fees? Average UK student graduates with $45,000 debt... I am sure for 3% of revenue, Google can send their entire staff for 4 years of Ivy League college and have money leftover. > a fair and regulated market LOL. The EU is a fair market about as much as China.
- SonicTheSith 7y ago
  UK ain't all of Europe! Mainland European countries heavily subsidies infrastructure such as Internet, Electricity, etc. They even invest billions in the construction of new power lines, and fibre-optic lines. For the latter Germany alone is spending 100 Billion Euros. https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/country-information-germany https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/country-inform... And what about giants such as Amazon that use the roads as well and don't pay any taxes? And most European countries hardly have any tuition fees that could cover the costs of the University. Belgium tuition is ~1k per year, Netherlands its ~2k per year, Germany 0$, Austria 0$, Swiss ~1-2k, Spain <1k, Portugal <1k, Denmark,Sweden,Finland,Norway <1k. The UK is an outlier that tries to follow the american model of not investing into the future generations of a country. And thereby crippling a nation in the long run. Finally, for a fair and sustainable market all businesses must abide by the same rules. Why do European companies pay taxes throughout europe on the profit they make in each countries to the respective country, but big American companies don't even pay 1%.....?
- lexs 7y ago
  > We established the infrastructure bit to not be true Questionable > Education: so why are students then paying tuition fees? When I went to uni in the EU I payed 280€ per semester which the majority of went to free public transportation, not tuition fees. > Google can send their entire staff for 4 years of Ivy League college and have money leftover And yet they don't, ever wonder why?

by lexs 7y ago

They still have offices in those countries, use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education as well as the access to a fair and regulated market.

alt_f4 7y ago

> use infrastructure, benefit from education, especially higher education We established the infrastructure bit to not be true (how many times do you have to pay for the same thing?). Education: so why are students then paying tuition fees? Average UK student graduates with $45,000 debt... I am sure for 3% of revenue, Google can send their entire staff for 4 years of Ivy League college and have money leftover. > a fair and regulated market LOL. The EU is a fair market about as much as China.

SonicTheSith 7y ago
UK ain't all of Europe! Mainland European countries heavily subsidies infrastructure such as Internet, Electricity, etc. They even invest billions in the construction of new power lines, and fibre-optic lines. For the latter Germany alone is spending 100 Billion Euros. https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/country-information-germany https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/country-inform... And what about giants such as Amazon that use the roads as well and don't pay any taxes? And most European countries hardly have any tuition fees that could cover the costs of the University. Belgium tuition is ~1k per year, Netherlands its ~2k per year, Germany 0$, Austria 0$, Swiss ~1-2k, Spain <1k, Portugal <1k, Denmark,Sweden,Finland,Norway <1k. The UK is an outlier that tries to follow the american model of not investing into the future generations of a country. And thereby crippling a nation in the long run. Finally, for a fair and sustainable market all businesses must abide by the same rules. Why do European companies pay taxes throughout europe on the profit they make in each countries to the respective country, but big American companies don't even pay 1%.....?
lexs 7y ago
> We established the infrastructure bit to not be true Questionable > Education: so why are students then paying tuition fees? When I went to uni in the EU I payed 280€ per semester which the majority of went to free public transportation, not tuition fees. > Google can send their entire staff for 4 years of Ivy League college and have money leftover And yet they don't, ever wonder why?