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Trump says any European country that tries to tax Microsoft, Adobe, Meta, Amazon or Google will be punished immediately
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Valuy lemmy.zip Valuy@lemmy.zip
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auzy1 lemmy.world auzy1@lemmy.world
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Let him

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Christian Hawkins feddit.org christianhawkins@feddit.org
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Why don’t we finally revoke Intellectual property protections we granted under DCMA and TTIP. If Trump does not feel bound by these agreements neither should we.

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Gandalf the Gorsed feddit.org GandalftheBlack@feddit.org
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What's he going to do? America is running out of feet to be shot in.

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Capable_Coping piefed.social Capable_Coping@piefed.social
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Why don’t we finally revoke Intellectual property protections we granted under DCMA and TTIP. If Trump does not feel bound by these agreements neither should we.

Doing away with intellectual property in its entirety would be such a good retaliation to this techno fascist bullshit

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littletoolshed lemmy.world littletoolshed@lemmy.world
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Aren’t all of those corporations already operating and being taxed in Europe?

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GenosseFlosse feddit.org GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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Will he declare war and then negotiate a 300 billion peace deal with Europe?

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GenosseFlosse feddit.org GenosseFlosse@feddit.org
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Aren’t all of those corporations already operating and being taxed in Europe?

As far as I know there is some tax loophole, that's why the tech giants are all registered in Ireland for their EU headquarters.

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alexquiniou lemmy.zip alexquiniou@lemmy.zip
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Yeah, cool.
Now go fuck yourself.

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Evil_Incarnate sopuli.xyz Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz
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As far as I know there is some tax loophole, that's why the tech giants are all registered in Ireland for their EU headquarters.

Sell MacBook for €2000 in France, pay royalties to apple Ireland of €2000. Apple France has no profit, apple Ireland has little tax.

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spaceracoon lemmy.zip spaceracoon@lemmy.zip
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Punished... How? It worked very well on other instances right? 🤣

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Zacryon feddit.org Zacryon@feddit.org
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Doing away with intellectual property in its entirety would be such a good retaliation to this techno fascist bullshit

Doing awey with IP in general would be a good idea as long as we move past this kind of capitalistic society we live in. Let's share our ideas with everyone and advance.

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SeductiveTortoise piefed.social SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social
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What's he going to do? America is running out of feet to be shot in.

He can shoot himself in the dick instead, that'd be a fair substitute for me.

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Lumidaub feddit.org Lumidaub@feddit.org
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Punished... How? It worked very well on other instances right? 🤣

He's going to make his subjects pay more for things they can't buy in their own country. That'll show us.

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HaiZhung feddit.org HaiZhung@feddit.org
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That’s a very good indicator that taxing them is a good idea.

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ik5pvx lemmy.world ik5pvx@lemmy.world
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Will he declare war and then negotiate a 300 billion peace deal with Europe?

Make it for each member country and we have a deal

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pulsey feddit.org pulsey@feddit.org
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Punished... How? It worked very well on other instances right? 🤣

maybe by giving us $300B? That punishment worked wonders on Iran /s

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boonhet sopuli.xyz boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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Sell MacBook for €2000 in France, pay royalties to apple Ireland of €2000. Apple France has no profit, apple Ireland has little tax.

There's no need for an Apple France in this scheme.

Apple isn't selling physical goods in most European countries, Apple partners are. The Ireland entity is there for the digital services revenue mostly

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D1re_W0lf piefed.social D1re_W0lf@piefed.social
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President Trump threatened to scrap a just-finalized trade deal with the European Union

So, just Trump being Trump. 🤷‍♂️

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ByteJunk lemmy.world ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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He can shoot himself in the dick instead, that'd be a fair substitute for me.

Cut him some slack, he's been trying but even the top army snipers would have trouble with that shot.

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ByteJunk lemmy.world ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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What did he do to Spain when they refused to let the US use their bases for attacking Iran? Oh, nothing? Fucking TACO.

All profit needs to be taxed.

The larger the profit, the larger the tax. Thats the ONLY way we can all continue to coexist peacefully in a society.

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kieron115 startrek.website kieron115@startrek.website
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As far as I know there is some tax loophole, that's why the tech giants are all registered in Ireland for their EU headquarters.

It’s called the Double Irish, sometimes with a Dutch Sandwich.

https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/09/12/the-double-irish-dutch-sandwich-end-of-a-tax-evasion-strategy/

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
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He will change his mind 3 times before Friday.

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Randelung lemmy.world Randelung@lemmy.world
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Time to turn off Amazon, then. It's a scourge, anyway.

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kablez lemmy.world kablez@lemmy.world
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Punished... How? It worked very well on other instances right? 🤣

Through persistent psychological torture of a kind not seen since the 20th century.

They'll be given free access to CoPilot and Teams.

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D_C sh.itjust.works D_C@sh.itjust.works
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"A corrupt shitgoblin says..."
Who gives a fuck what that fat diarrhea covered bag of syphilis says. FUCK OFF AND DIE, PAEDO

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Damage feddit.it Damage@feddit.it
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Time to turn off Amazon, then. It's a scourge, anyway.

Nationalize it. No wait, the EU isn't a nation... Unionize it! No wait that's a different thing....

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chmod755 Moderator chmod755@feddit.org
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I have a better idea: the EU should introduce a "Big Tech convenience fee", so it's not a country and not taxing.

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