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What annoys me about all this coverage is the fact that Starbucks (and all other corporates) have a fiduciary duty to their shareholders to deliver as much profit as possible. That includes using all legal means to minimise their tax burden. Their shareholders have a right to sue the officers if they're voluntarily paying too much tax.
If politicians don't like it, they should change the tax code, not use the media to try to attack companies who operate within the law. Simplifying it massively would go a long way towards preventing situations like this from happening, but they are incapable of doing that.
(Although to be fair, our government has been cutting spending like crazy as well as raising taxes, amidst much gnashing of teeth and wailing from the Labour party).
If politicians don't like it, they should change the tax code, not use the media to try to attack companies who operate within the law. Simplifying it massively would go a long way towards preventing situations like this from happening, but they are incapable of doing that.
(Although to be fair, our government has been cutting spending like crazy as well as raising taxes, amidst much gnashing of teeth and wailing from the Labour party).
Well golly gee whiz, I guess you should write the laws that way then.
Fucking idiot. This guy as been in parliament too. If paying tax has become optional, it's because of him and people in his government, and in his party.
I'm reminded of the closing line from "Blame Canada" in the South Park Movie..."We must blame them and cause a fuss before someone thinks of blaming us"
Yeah, but they won't touch sacred cows like the money sent to the EU each day.
You know, that's what irritates me so much about the argument in Britain about the EU. People say they have to be in the EU for trade purposes, but being in the EU is not free. It's pay for trade, not free trade. /rabblerabblerabble
And countries such as Iceland are not in the EU, but are in the EEA, which has most of the trade benefits.
I dunno guys, I think the EU have done good.
I mean just look how successful their single currency is (that we're now paying for, and asked to contribute more to support).
I mean just look how successful their single currency is (that we're now paying for, and asked to contribute more to support).
They may do - there is a strong contigent of Eurosceptic tories who are pushing back on spending. Who knows, if UKIP beat the Lib Dems in the next election (which they may do), we may even see a referendum.