Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE program :-(

On 22/04/2025 00:57, Dave Froble wrote:

On 4/19/2025 4:33 AM, David Wade wrote:

On 19/04/2025 01:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:21:45 +0100, chrisq wrote:
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The EU countries are even worse, with tariffs imposed + vat, on most
non EU sourced product. An organisation designed very much to be
protectionist.

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Ummm ... wasn’t it your choice to leave the EU?

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VAT is charged o everything, so internal and external product, so no idea why
its seen as a tariff wall. As for "protectionist" yes, just like the USA where
everything has to be in Feet, worse US pints and gallons are the wrong size...
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Dave

 Governments must raise money in some way to provide services.  TANSTAAFL ...
 As for VAT type taxes, I for one think it's not so bad.  If one wants a product, and can afford it and the taxes, then fine.  A tax on consumption is paid by those who can afford it.  It is also considered a taxon the poor.  It is the taxes that ignore one's ability to pay them that I really do not like.
 Prime example, the property tax on one's home.  If I cannot pay such tax, then the government is just fine with kicking me out and selling my home to others.
 Then there is the "joke" of rebates for seniors and such.  First pay the tax, then apply for a rebate of some or all the tax.  If one can pay the tax, perhaps one does not need such a rebate.  But if the tax cannot be paid, no rebate, and homeless.
 We don't like taxes, but we do like roads and services.
 Me, I'm just fine with feet, inches, miles, pints, quarts, gallons, and such. It's what I know.
 

Just be carefull if you come to the UK. Our pints of beer are 20oz not 16oz.  Got really frustrated in the US with buying a pint of milk and then being disappointed it would hardly do one cup of coffee and my serial....
Dave