Thanks for your post MrGoodhall,
First of all you lose all credibility with me if you cannot spell our
names right.
In reference to your comments;
I am interested to
read your post you say simply
broadly comparing points will not provide
the answer , do you have one
??,
dont forget this is
a discussion group , the
polices of the aforementioned countries
put forward were not my own ,
so we are far away from any
major popoulation,
were never going to
get any closer ,!!! should we just say
its all to hard.
In the herald today
an article in b3 it stated a
decade ago Ireland, Singapore , Israel
were poorer than us ( real incomes)
they didnt move their land mass they
changed among other things, their
company tax rates etc companies will
travel any where if you make
attractive enough.
I acknowledge
agriculture is still a major export earner
i think in the vacinity of 40% and
there is no easy , or cheap way to
get our products to the rest of the
world. but by lowering our company tax
rate we would attract companies
from across the spectrum, how much and
how long does it take to export
a Microsoft windows
package !!
My point was simply that despite a genuine issue that needs to be
addressed, you presented a sloppy argument that included examples - that as I
showed in the last post (and that could be further expounded upon) - merely
undermined your case. If you're not willing to realise that, well, I cannot do
much about it.
Ireland: has been the recipient of EC subsidies for more than a decade
and initially provided a low cost location within the EC.
Singapore: located in a strategic location, had a malleable population
led by a benevolent dictator, and again provided a low cost workforce.
Israel: subsidised by a large foreign workforce, a historical land
connection and a special relationship with the USA.
NZ: located miles from anywhere effectively sucking the workforce dry as
they head to bigger opportunities.
If you reduce the taxes, why should Industry locate there, miles from
anywhere anyway? There are more issues than just tax. O.K., so I'm being
negative - anyone can do that. Here's a Wall Street article to feed on in the
meantime anyway.
See IRG research reports
