The U.K. has confirmed it will supply Ukraine with British tanks in a move that will put the onus on Germany and other countries to provide more military help for Kyiv in its war with Russia. read more
Abandoning months of denials, Russians now admitting they often hit Ukrainian units from within by wearing Ukrainian uniforms.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during his televised visit to a soup kitchen on Friday, asked a homeless man if he "works in business." The man, standing in line to be served, replied: "No, I'm homeless. I'm a homeless person." Sunak then asked the man if business is something he'd like to "get into." "I wouldn't mind, but I don't know, I'd like to get through Christmas first," the man said.
More than 100,000 Russian soldiers have now been killed in Ukraine since Moscow's invasion began ... read more
Vladimir Putin is scheduled to undergo an emergency colon operation after the Russian leader allegedly fell down a set of stairs and "defecated himself" last week.
The minimum wage will rise by up to $2 to $14-$19 per hour, depending on the location. [...] The hikes, however, still lag rivals [...] which offered minimum pay of at least $15 an hour since 2021.
So, still bottom-of-the-barrel wages. About what you would expect from a company that told its full-time workers to go on welfare, sucking up public resources, while Walton's heirs sit on $170 billion for winning the Birth Lottery.
Still trying to figure out why one of my comments with Samuel Clemens's pen name of Mark ----- was censored a few weeks back. Since when is ------ bleep-worthy word?#7 | Posted by censored
And it bleeped me again.
Mark -----. Mark -----. Mark -----. Mark [Tee]wain. Wonder if any of those will make it past the mental midget moderator bot.
How would this make rich people richer? I view this similar to a VAT, and if your a citizen of a VAT country, there is no avoiding it. There are no loopholes. It's a tax paid at the time of purchase, so if you want the thing you're buying, you'll have to pay for it. #4 | Posted by madbomber
Adding on to TaoWarrior's post, rich people spend a much smaller percentage of their income than poors. In addition, almost all countries with VATs also have income taxes to make sure that Riches pay a chunk of their income to support government spending.
The countries that have no income tax and rely exclusively on VATs is extremely small. How do they manage:? "The short answer is they have other sources of income. For instance, the oil industry accounts for the majority of government funding in Oman or Qatar. The same goes with the Maldives, its main source of funding comes from tourism. These sources of revenue are sufficient to allow these countries to eliminate taxes imposed on corporate or personal income."