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    Andrew Yang 2020

    What I was trying to say is that if you want to tax a business you need to find a way to do it such that it won't affect prices, because that would mean they are in effect not being taxed, the consumer just pays for it on top of that. The biggest concern would be that with price increases...
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    Andrew Yang 2020

    Sorry for answering late, I had an answer almost ready but things have been busy and the draft is gone now. They are only going to pay if: they are taxed at all they raise prices less than they are taxed Especially the latter is just wishful thinking. It's a tax that under no circumstances...
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    Andrew Yang 2020

    All I can tell you is how the VAT works here in the EU, which what Yang is referring to as well. Businesses have to file their VAT spent and collected every month and will get paid or charged the difference by the local IRS equivalent. Businesses would not be forced to raise prices in this...
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    Andrew Yang 2020

    You are technically correct but things look much different in practice. VAT will be collected at the end of the supply chain for obvious reasons, it’s just added onto the price at the retailer. For a business it doesn’t make a difference, as it’s a cost that would just be slapped onto the price...
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    Andrew Yang 2020

    Mechanic isn’t a protected trade as far as I‘m aware. However, you couldn’t start your own business unless you have a certain level of qualifications or have someone with these qualifications on payroll who agrees to be held liable. This only needs to be a single person in a business though, you...
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    Andrew Yang 2020

    Unless Yang does some black magic vodoo here that he doesn't really explain on his website you have it completely wrong. VAT is a tax that only targets consumers, businesses are exempt from paying it, which makes sense, because prices would escalate exponentially. I'm open to being wrong here...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    Look, you saying it is so is not even close to forming an actual argument. I'm open to your idea but maybe demonstrate HOW it is diferrent or HOW the EU tarrifs are a demand shock while US tarrifs are a supply shock. Pretty ironic to demand this as you've so far been unable or refused to form...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    I don't know how you read anything about the EU's steel tarrifs into the article that doesn't mention it at all, like AT ALL. I also can't tell whether the author is just trying to revive the 90s meme of connected toasters or is in fact so blinded by the hype about 5G that he doesn't realize...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    Your original argument had nothing to do with effectiveness. You told me I was wrong for saying the US and the EU are doing the same thing because the US‘ trade defense is designed to stop Chinese growth which implies the EU‘s isn’t. You’re yet to form a coherent argument regarding your original...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    You still need to make a compelling argument why trade defense measures by the EU are considered fair but US measure aren’t. The notion that China hasn’t complained so far is ridiculous, they’re also no strangers to trade defense themselves. I think it’s far more likely you aren’t aware of the...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    It’s only one example. The EU has imposed tarrifs of up to 16% on Chinese steel since early 2016, a year before Trump took office. Look at the relevant news articles, if the EU does it it’s protecting the local industry if Trump does it it’s a trade war. Sure, go ahead and tell me how I got...
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    Burning Amazon Rainforest

    Saw that NYT article as well, definitely interesting, it does seem like the fires are mainly in deforested areas and an explanation that it's agricultural seems plausible but I have to admit I haven't paid too much attention to the story to begin with so I'll be careful with drawing conclusions...
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    [Poll]Your prediction of the escalating trade taxes...

    I can't really fault a country for implementing tarrifs on steel TBH. As @Hanafuda mentioned the local steel industry and independence of other country's steel is incredibly important to their military. As a matter of fact the earliest precursor to the EU the "European Coal and Steel Community"...
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    What do the Left and Right agree on?

    Do we have to go back to "Raider" after November 1st?
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    The benefits of Brexit - the future of the United Kingdom

    I don't really get your point. After Brexit the EU will default to the same import taxes for UK imports as any other third party country. Like I said earlier I believe the EU does have incentive to negotiate a good trade deal because there's industry in the UK that is important to all of the EU...
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    The benefits of Brexit - the future of the United Kingdom

    I believe you're wrong. I take it you're referering to Switzerland and Norway as non-members? It's not a 10€ training session, Norway for example has accepted more than 75% of the EU guidelines and adopted more than 6000 EU laws as national law as a non-member. The british don't want to do that...
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    The benefits of Brexit - the future of the United Kingdom

    Look, if you cancel your gym membership you don't get access to the gym. It doesn't mean the gym owners or the other members are extorting you or that you're being made an example of. The victim narrative is really tiresome. The british people voted to leave the EU and they will get their will...
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    The benefits of Brexit - the future of the United Kingdom

    Yes but that union has developed into the EU as we know it of which the UK has been a founding member in 1992. One of the things that was clear from the start would be the concept of an EU citizenship that would allow you to live wherever you want within the union. The European Economic...
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    The benefits of Brexit - the future of the United Kingdom

    First of all, where are you getting from that the tariffs would be unreasonably high? Going back to how things were before 1972 is exactly what they're doing. Demanding import taxes from foreign markets is not an ideological position it's literally what every country is doing. Are you drunk...
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    Great Job,TESLA,we appreciate this !

    Sorry for responding to an old post but I just stumbled upon it. You're falling for some fallacies here I believe. Computers are infinitely more capable of taking experiences in that is correct but they're hilariously bad at intepreting and drawing conclusions from that. So the assertion that...
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