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If this passed the companies they tax would just pass it on to the consumer. e.g. Apple products are regularly claimed to be much more expensive in the UK but i
by k-mcgrady 14y ago
If this passed the companies they tax would just pass it on to the consumer. e.g. Apple products are regularly claimed to be much more expensive in the UK but it's mainly due to VAT.
- digz 14y agoYep. Which will marginally decrease the purchase of smartphones, which will marginally decrease the revenue to the french telecoms, which would force jobs to be lost, but <sarcasm>thankfully</sarcasm>, french companies aren't really allowed to fire people. This is a classic deadweight loss. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadweight_loss
- outside1234 14y ago> french companies aren't really allowed to fire people. which means each person gets paid proportionate less, so essentially the French pay for this in lower wages.
- ekianjo 14y agoYeah, but there is also a limit for the minimum wage, so the flexibility in terms of salary is... narrow.