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by philipallstar 286 days ago
Seems like we agree: you don't need to advertise when you can force money out of people through VAT and rent-seek your citizens as customers.
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disgruntledphd2 285 days ago
> Seems like we agree: you don't need to advertise when you can force money out of people through VAT and rent-seek your citizens as customers.

Not really. Like, the EU only has the powers given to it by national governments, 1% of VAT is probably too low tbh as there's a bunch of stuff that would be better solved at EU level. The politics around that are pretty tricky though.

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grim_io 285 days ago
Are you against taxes in general, or what's up?

I have no problem with it. I would even argue that the EU is under funded.

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disgruntledphd2 285 days ago
> I have no problem with it. I would even argue that the EU is under funded.

I completely agree with you, the EU is definitely under-funded (but I get that the national governments don't want to share tax revenue).

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