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Old 22-11-10, 05:41 PM   #21
metalmonkey
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Originally Posted by eviltwin View Post
Some multinationals have a base there eg HP & Intel, due to a corporation tax that's low for Europe (if Ireland raises this, it can wave these companies off to China and India).

In terms of what Britain exports to Ireland, news reports today mentioned £3,607 per person, per year in Ireland as the figure spent on British goods
Ireland did say that they wouldn't be rasing that tax.

Now that UK don't produce goods anywhere near what we used too, that we sold off well most things, what happens next time when there is no money and nothing left to sell?
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