Sad but true. Unfortunately, I think many more nations will face the same fate before things get better. I hope these cases will be a testament to proper foresight and the downside of pure speculation (in all industries).
Backorder, I guess the Eurozone and Britain also understood your concern on the longterm ramification of the Irish crisis, hence the late Sunday unanimous passing of the "Euro bail out" for the Irish Tiger.
This is a crisis that is bound to have ramifications across national borders and will impact big banking institutions in Gemrany, UK and France which have a good amount of exposure in Ireland. The core of the problem is in the financial sector, with circumstances akin to those that existed during th sub-prime in US. This reminds of what happened earlier in Greece and it seems Ireland will have to follow the austerity advice of Big Brothers in the Euro zone!
It will be penny wise, pound foolish for the Irish government to try to play with current incentives that made it the Celtic Tiger at a time when England is proposing its own silicon vallley. It will make it definitely easy for investors to just travel down to London along with the skilled labor. A delicate balance at this time with IMF conditions which may be the cup of poison that will kill the Irish economy.
Sp, Taxation - direct or indirect is a major revenue venture for any goverment. Election on the hand is not a yearly occurrence, trips I'm sure is a necessity. I believe the government would have assessed and evaluated other sources of income.”
I wonde why Ireland government is trying to impose taxes on the Technlogy firms if they know for sure that it would impact the jobs. When even the UK prime minister is willing to invest and welcome the hi tech firms to set up the next silicon valley in london why would Ireland want to loose something that it already have.
There is no doubt about it that if corporate taxes are increased further, American companies would consider pull out. After all its business and in business the first policy is to make money. The reason why they go out of US is less cost and less taxes and more profit. Unless the market is really huge that even after the high taxes they make money which definitely doesnt seem to be the case.
If Ireland does not find a way maintain its tax base, they can potentially start loosing US employers who have invested Billions. If that happens, that will hurt the country even further. When the new government is in place, they will need to find a way to cut their cost while keeping the taxes relatively competitive. I agree that raising taxes is not the only answer, yet it is the first one that governments flock to when faced with a fiscal crisis.
The world in general is faced with a financial crisis and the countries that offered incentives for foreign corporations and manufacturers are not able to sustain them. This may translate into manufactureres having to absorb increased cost across the board. Maybe this is an opportunity - albeit a small one - for the US to bring back some jobs that we have lost.
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