How Donald Trump Could Win the USA Election
by Matt Lewis – Independent UK
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is neither a statesman nor an everyman. He’s a political schizophrenic.
Anyone who doubts this need only look back to Wednesday (August 31, 2016) as a microcosm of his mercurial campaign.
It was a tale of two Trumps: one, the aspiring statesman; and the other, the demagogic hero of the American workingman.
It started in Mexico, where Trump met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. He shrewdly positioned himself next to a
foreign head of state, as if the president’s power and status were contagious. If the goal was to make him look statesmanlike and diplomatic, it worked.
But it wasn’t just the optics. Rhetorically, Trump struck a conciliatory tone while talking about “shared goals.”
For a moment, at least, it appeared that he might have outflanked Hillary Clinton. …….. Then he crossed the border into Arizona. Continue reading →
Apple Ordered to Pay $14 Billion in Europe for Dodging Taxes
Apple Ordered to Pay $14 Billion in Europe for Dodging Taxes
By Alexandra Jacobo – August 31, 2016 – Nation of Change
The European Commission made the ruling after a three-year investigation that found Apple had only paid $55 in taxes for ever $1.12 million it made in European profits. That essentially made its tax rate 0.0005 percent for the year 2014. The usual rate for corporation tax in Ireland is 12.5%. The €13bn owed equates to roughly $14.5 billion USD.
According to the commission, Apple and Irish tax authorities entered into an illegal tax deal that was allowing Apple to pay a minimum tax rate of just 1%. The deal violated rules on state aid. Continue reading →
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