Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

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Originally Posted by Seran

I'm pointing out that if minimum global tax rates made it less lucrative to move massive profits overseas to tax havens, that fewer jobs would be incentived for moving overseas. As some of you are so fond of pointing out, companies exploit child labor, cheap labor and enjoy moving the profits from these savings to tax shelters to avoid US taxes. Minimum tax rates would help resolve all three, though mostly the latter.

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Does this mean you favor a global IRS and a global police force to enforce these taxes?

That doesn't sound like a step towards worldwide fascism at all.

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Originally Posted by Parkbandit

According to Google, there are 17,520 economists in the US as of 2020.

You gave us 15.

You have at least 17K more to go.. given you said "nearly every economist".. which now you are (maybe?) just coming to realize that it was extremely stupid.

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Yeah, you're a fucking idiot.

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Originally Posted by Neveragain

A global tax would be collected by a global government body. Hard pass.

I would much rather ban trade with countries that don't abide by our societal standards. Make it easier to access our own natural resources, end income tax and tax consumption.

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Wait, is that what you really think, that a global minimum would be overseen by some new one world government? That would explain some of the tin foil hat nonsense..

No, a global minimum would be countries banding together to collectively pass and independently enforce a minimum tax as to prevent the creation of tax havens. Ie, all of the G20 countries enforcing their alternative minimum tax and introducing surcharges on companies that try to use second world countries as shelters.

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Originally Posted by Seran

Wait, is that what you really think, that a global minimum would be overseen by some new one world government? That would explain some of the tin foil hat nonsense..

No, a global minimum would be countries banding together to collectively pass and independently enforce a minimum tax as to prevent the creation of tax havens. Ie, all of the G20 countries enforcing their alternative minimum tax and introducing surcharges on companies that try to use second world countries as shelters.

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Nah, that sounds stupid as hell. We can't even get NATO countries to live up to their required allocations, and they are military Allies. G20 is even less than that.

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Originally Posted by Seran

Yeah, you're a fucking idiot.

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So... you didn't realize what you posted was extremely stupid.

I'm not surprised.

At all.

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Originally Posted by Seran

Wait, is that what you really think, that a global minimum would be overseen by some new one world government? That would explain some of the tin foil hat nonsense..

No, a global minimum would be countries banding together to collectively pass and independently enforce a minimum tax as to prevent the creation of tax havens. Ie, all of the G20 countries enforcing their alternative minimum tax and introducing surcharges on companies that try to use second world countries as shelters.

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Sounds like some countries are running out of other people's money again...

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Originally Posted by Seran

Wait, is that what you really think, that a global minimum would be overseen by some new one world government? That would explain some of the tin foil hat nonsense..

No, a global minimum would be countries banding together to collectively pass and independently enforce a minimum tax as to prevent the creation of tax havens. Ie, all of the G20 countries enforcing their alternative minimum tax and introducing surcharges on companies that try to use second world countries as shelters.

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Says it's not a government then goes on to describe a government.

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Originally Posted by Neveragain

Says it's not a government then goes on to describe a government.

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So spot on...

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Originally Posted by Neveragain

Says it's not a government then goes on to describe a government.

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As long as Seran's feelings tell him it's not a government, that's really all that matters and everyone else is just a bigot.

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Originally Posted by Neveragain

Says it's not a government then goes on to describe a government.

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Is English your second language? I kind of wonder how you got government, singular, from countries collectively passing and INDEPENDENTLY enforcing a minimum tax. Surely your English comprehension isn't that bad.