Popular Post tomacht8 Posted January 24, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Hopefully the post Brexit UK will not buckle in front of the US market power. The UK's negotiating position is significantly weaker outside the EU. Hopefully after the digital tax comes the tax for companies that manufacture and distribute unhealthy food (sugar, slaughterhouse waste, GM food, fattening ingredients, etc.). Coca Cola, Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC, etc. should be taxed more to finance the costs of the increased medical care caused by their junk food. Edited January 24, 2020 by tomacht8 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, evadgib said: Given your track record re predictions this has made my day ???? Give me an example of one of those predictions you believe I have made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolboy Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, tomacht8 said: Hopefully the post Brexit UK will not buckle in front of the US market power. The UK's negotiating position is significantly weaker outside the EU. Hopefully after the digital tax comes the tax for companies that manufacture and distribute unhealthy food (sugar, slaughterhouse waste, GM food, fattening ingredients, etc.). Coca Cola, Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC, etc. should be taxed more to finance the costs of the increased medical care caused by their junk food. Yes, the UK has such a sterling record when it comes to controlling the sale of junk foods. Those junk foods being solely supplied by US corporations. Like Unilever. Edited January 24, 2020 by bristolboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookiescot Posted January 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2020 The UK will take whatever bone the US decides to throw its way. It will be so desperate to appease its Brexit fundamentalists with any form of deal just to show "We don't need the EU." 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 12 hours ago, bristolboy said: Yes, the UK has such a sterling record when it comes to controlling the sale of junk foods. Those junk foods being solely supplied by US corporations. Like Unilever. Unilever is a Dutch-British group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolboy Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, tomacht8 said: Unilever is a Dutch-British group. That was my point. It's you who listed only American firms in respect to junk foods. And that somehow taxing them would improve Britons' eating habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, bristolboy said: That was my point. It's you who listed only American firms in respect to junk foods. And that somehow taxing them would improve Britons' eating habits. Understand. Unfortunately, the big US food chains are known to mainly sell junk and sugar food. The end product should be the deciding factor, no matter who sells it. Unhealthy foods should generally be taxed higher. Also with regard to the ingredients and production processes used. The EU is working on a five-stage "food traffic light" (Nutriscore). It could also be the basis of a taxation system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 22 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: Give me an example of one of those predictions you believe I have made. Your in a labour seat where the candidate was subsequently ousted was comedy gold ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 (edited) https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jan/25/us-treasury-chief-warns-javid-to-shelve-plans-for-big-tech-firm-tax Michael Savage Policy editor Sat 25 Jan 2020 17.36 GMT Technology sector US treasury chief warns Javid to shelve plans for big tech firm tax Ahead of critical trade talks, Steven Mnuchin says ‘discriminatory’ levy no place in budget One of the most senior figures in the US government has warned Sajid Javid to delay a “discriminatory” tax on big tech companies, in the latest sign of tensions with Donald Trump’s administration ahead of critical trade talks. Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, used a breakfast meeting with the chancellor on Saturday to warn him directly against applying the new tax as part of his forthcoming budget. The confrontation comes as the US mounts a last-ditch attempt to stop Britain using technology from China’s Huawei in its 5G network. Edited January 26, 2020 by david555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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