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Posted : 13/04/2025 11:21 am
francis.bourdin reacted
A good and enlightening debate for sure :)!
Posted : 14/04/2025 1:25 am
francis.bourdin and Alan March reacted
SmartOne_2000 wrote:
A good and enlightening debate for sure :)!
Yes, its always good to discuss and debate. However, there really doesn't seem to be much of a debate to have.
There are those that the believe the lies that Trump spouts continuously (there is no debate BTW that he continuously lies- its easily demonstrable), and then the balance of informed American citizens, and frankly the rest of the world.
It's interesting to note that now he has removed tariffs on mobile phones etc. This just proves that the likes of Apple would have their business destroyed by the tariffs. It's obvious Apple have no intention of bringing their manufacturing back to the US.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18tokoVcac/
Posted : 14/04/2025 10:18 am
francis.bourdin reacted
Posted : 17/04/2025 9:22 am
francis.bourdin reacted
Great. Continue Alan to expose exactly the facts. With the great examples you mentioned. The laws and norms. Thank you.
It is important that people understand the effects also on their lives!!!
We heard the same bullshit from extremes in France on many subjects. Brexit is great. And now not a slight word about it. Better not yet because America is no more a partner. I saw the effects on the business. What a mess. Mostly for Britains. No regrets from those who voted the Brexit? Of course. They talk even about going back… they realised the lies caming out in the brexit campaign.
Leaving the € !!!! Great idea. From the right extreme wing. But our voters don’t want it. What a surprise! So Europe is a fact. Not perfect but good. And a defence. We see it now. And it is not so hard to read on building declaration that Europe finances many restauration projects. Even for a small park next to you.
So how could they believe NF and Boris Johnson. Very dangerous declarations that brought the instability. Encouraged by others of course.
By the way, all people exchanging in Europe and making a business knows about the triangular facilities in terms of VAT… no one wants to get it back. Perhaps it would be great even to remove this time eater…so bilateral!!!!!agreements are necessary.
Dyson after encouraging the Brexit went to Singapore. Why? Because Singapore is making trading agreements with Europe. 😂😂😂😂.
The same as you said for stability is the not so bad globalist system with agreements.
An industry needs five or seven years foreseen. So business plans are not very happy with always changing facts. Of course, a team in industry needs stability. But when a man decide to rise the taxes and then two years after to sink them…in the case of Trump even faster, with absolute no safety the investors go elsewhere. Taking the production elsewhere.
So it is important that people with experience in business explains to those who are not involved in it. It is an amount of problems this sort of handling.
Posted : 28/04/2025 1:49 am
Alan March reacted
FBO wrote:
Great. Continue Alan to expose exactly the facts. With the great examples you mentioned. The laws and norms. Thank you.
It is important that people understand the effects also on their lives!!!
We heard the same bullshit from extremes in France on many subjects. Brexit is great. And now not a slight word about it. Better not yet because America is no more a partner. I saw the effects on the business. What a mess. Mostly for Britains. No regrets from those who voted the Brexit? Of course. They talk even about going back… they realised the lies caming out in the brexit campaign.Leaving the € !!!! Great idea. From the right extreme wing. But our voters don’t want it. What a surprise! So Europe is a fact. Not perfect but good. And a defence. We see it now. And it is not so hard to read on building declaration that Europe finances many restauration projects. Even for a small park next to you.
So how could they believe NF and Boris Johnson. Very dangerous declarations that brought the instability. Encouraged by others of course.
By the way, all people exchanging in Europe and making a business knows about the triangular facilities in terms of VAT… no one wants to get it back. Perhaps it would be great even to remove this time eater…so bilateral!!!!!agreements are necessary.
Dyson after encouraging the Brexit went to Singapore. Why? Because Singapore is making trading agreements with Europe. 😂😂😂😂.
The same as you said for stability is the not so bad globalist system with agreements.
An industry needs five or seven years foreseen. So business plans are not very happy with always changing facts. Of course, a team in industry needs stability. But when a man decide to rise the taxes and then two years after to sink them…in the case of Trump even faster, with absolute no safety the investors go elsewhere. Taking the production elsewhere.So it is important that people with experience in business explains to those who are not involved in it. It is an amount of problems this sort of handling.
Trump is a wannabe dictator that goes against everything America stands for. Americans need to stand up to him before they lose their democracy. He is ignoring congress, the courts and the constitution.
I have to disagree with you on Brexit however. I am British and voted for Brexit. The reason being was nothing to do with nationalism, protectionism or far right politics. It was 100% about democracy.
For those that dont know the history, in 1973 the UK joined the EEC, the European Economic Community. This was essentially a free trading agreement. It was limited in scope and power and generally a beneficial situation for all involved. However terms were not good and a referendum was held in 1975 on the acceptance of renegotiated terms. UK citizens voted to remain in the "common market".
However, over the following decades, further agreements turned this into a political union where laws, regulations and political policy were being made in Brussels and implemented in the UK. The UK population were never consulted on this and never voted for it. Also, the heavy weight countries in the union dictated policy. Not just in laws, but agriculture and many other areas such as border policy.
So this was an issue of sovereignty. The EU was an unelected and therefore undemocratic foreign entity having massive control over the UK.
Not forgetting to mention the EU is a massive bearocratic inefficient money waster. The UK has poured billions into the EU (17 billion pounds in 2020) and had little input/control over how it was spent. The EU also repeatedly fails independent financial audits: The EU currently has a debt of 300 billion euro.
Of course there were far right activists who took advantage of the Brexit vote, but that's never what it was about for the majority.
Whilst there were obviously some negative impacts due to leaving the EU, 5 years on the UK is one of the strongest economies in Europe, especially in GDP per capita.
GDP is still growing whereas Germany's is contracting.
So really its not been the economic problem some make it out to be.
You will find that the majority of UK citizens have the attitude that they should be "in Europe, not run by Europe".
They want to be partners, allies and have close trading agreements but no political union. Laws and policy made in the UK parliament in the interests of the UK.
Those with vested interests may talk about going back into the EU, but the general population don't want any such thing. They do not want to be part of a federal Europe.
Currently it is the EU blocking closer trading agreements (which would be good for everyone) as they are making it conditional on things like freedom of movement (control over borders) etc. In other words, trying to maintain federal control of the UK.
Posted : 28/04/2025 9:51 am
The fallacy that a trade deficit is bad and America is being taken advantage of.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15xA9vivs4/
Posted : 29/04/2025 9:29 am
.....and it starts...
3 years of good economic growth then Trump arrives.
Posted : 01/05/2025 1:33 pm