December 30, 2005

COME FAIL WITH US:

German finance minister urges fairer tax competition within EU (Lisbeth Kirk, 12/30/05, EU Observer)

German finance minister Peer Steinbruck has urged new EU member states to raise their taxes and ensure "fair tax competition" among the 25 members of the bloc.

There's a reason the End of History features the universal adoption of the Anglo-American model, not the Franco-German.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 30, 2005 8:12 AM
Comments

Oh, the Irish are going to love this.

The EU's been trying to get them to raise their taxes for a long time now.

Posted by: Sandy P at December 30, 2005 12:21 PM

Ireland should just reply "Germany is free to match our tax rates, if they view the difference as a problem".

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at December 30, 2005 11:33 PM
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