"Tidbits From TNT" Sunday Morning 5-23-2021
TNT:
Tishwash: Blocking roads and protests .. The summer heat is burning the people of Nasiriyah
On Friday, the people of the Salihiya neighborhood, in the center of Nasiriyah, blocked a road to protest the deterioration of the electricity situation.
Our correspondent said, "The people demonstrated and blocked Al-Orouba Road with burning tires, in protest against the deteriorating electricity situation amid high temperatures."
He added, "The demonstrators called for improving the electricity situation or taking escalatory steps."
FullSail: Reminder... To Whom It May Concern, please... push the button, flip the switch, turn the handle, pull the cord, connect the cables, turn the knob counter-clockwise, push down the plunger, pull the pin, stomp on the floor switch, turn the screw, send the smoke signal, pull the trigger, light the fuse, cut the cord, press the enter button, press the lever, give the go ahead, approve the release, sign the document, deliver the news, release the Kraken and make it happen, .....Gator Done
Fitzgerald: TIME TO WAKE UP FROM THE DREAM AND BRING IT TO REALITY
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Tishwash: Mazhar Saleh warns of the risks of increasing the quantities of local currency in the market
The Prime Minister’s Adviser for Financial Affairs, Mazhar Muhammad Salih, outlined today, Saturday, the tasks of banks in investing the funds deposited with them, while warning of the dangers of raising the cash issue at the expense of financing and increasing the quantities of Iraqi currency in the market.
Saleh said, "The quantitative theory in economics confirms the existence of a direct relationship between the quantity of money and prices, and therefore the more money the price increases, so the income is assumed to be stable," warning of "the risks of raising the cash issue at the expense of financing, because it will lead to inflation." .
He added, "The amount of money must be proportional to income," noting that "there is a stagnation in the monetary cycle."
With regard to the tasks of banks, he explained, "The banks' job is to transfer money from surplus units represented by the entities and people who have money but lack the willingness to invest it and resort to depositing their money with them, to the deficit units represented by people who are willing to invest and rebuild but do not have sufficient funds, and want to borrow because of their desire to do so." Building and Reconstruction. "
He stressed, "Banks are responsible for the process of recycling the flowing liquidity resulting from production, to prevent disrupting investment by not spending money on investments," stressing "the need to properly rotate funds and ensure the availability of consumer and investment spending to prevent a financial recession."
He pointed out that "the income cycle requires that the money that is not consumed should go to saving, and then the saved money is transferred to consumption so that the cycle is completed in its correct form," indicating that "
He stated, "The basis of funds is economic activity, while funds that come without economic activity are considered inflationary funds such as printing currency and so on," warning that "saved funds that are not spent on investments will lead to disruption of investment." link
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Cutebwoy: Europe welcomes a US proposal to impose a minimum of 15% tax on companies worldwide
Economy News – Baghdad
Europe enthusiastically welcomed the administration’s proposal to impose a minimum tax on corporate profits of at least 15% globally, bringing the world closer to a bargain on sweeping changes in how much multinational corporations pay and where they pay governments.
“This is really a big progress,” said German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz upon arrival at a meeting with his European counterparts in Lisbon, minutes after his French counterpart also gave a positive reaction.
“We will really have a chance over the summer to get a deal, and a deal that we’ve been working on for a long time,” Schultes added.
Soon deal
The latest proposal in the race for an agreement between 139 countries is to impose a tax of less than 21%, previously proposed by the United States on corporate profits abroad, a rate considered high by some countries.
Before President Joe Biden arrived at the White House, talks at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development focused on a tax rate of 12.5%, as a minimum.
While hurdles remain, including a row over the treatment of digital giants like Facebook and Alphabet, which owns Google, the momentum from the Biden administration has led to a shift in negotiations between member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It bogged down for years, due to more technical complications, bickering across the Atlantic and trade tensions.
The looming deal increases the likelihood of significantly higher bills for the world’s largest companies.
Boost government revenues
In 2020, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated that the global minimum tax rate, in addition to the US rules themselves, would boost government revenues by about $ 100 billion annually, a number that would rise if a higher tax rate was adopted.
The recent US proposal for a 15% tax rate is only half the truth, because the minimum issue is only one of the two pillars in the OECD negotiations.
European countries welcomed Biden’s separate proposal on the thorny issue of where companies face paying taxes. But talks about that are still ongoing.
The United States has proposed a simpler and narrower scope, with tax revenues cut from the 100 or so largest multinational corporations.
But officials in other countries have doubts about whether the proposed tax rate will cover all the digital giants that they want to target, and there are special concerns that “Amazon” may not be covered by the new taxes.
The US proposal for the first pillar could also bring about significant changes to effective tax rates, particularly for tech-device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, according to research by Morgan Stanley.
French reaction
Upon arriving at the Lisbon meeting, the French Finance Minister, Bruno Le Maire, said, “The main issue is not the tax rate, even if at 15%. It could be a good compromise between the expectations of all OECD members .. The main issue is Defining a global framework for taxes on digital companies and minimum taxes.
The new US proposal still faces opposition from countries such as Ireland, which impose low taxes on companies as part of a major economic development strategy.
Irish Finance Minister Paschall Donohue said last month that taxes could be part of a competitive offer for small countries, and that his government’s reservations about such a global measure “could be very strong”.
According to a spokeswoman for Donohue, he has taken note of the comments made by the US Treasury Department, and is looking forward to discussing the matter further with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
For his part, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, speaking to reporters in Tokyo, said that the US proposal represents progress, despite the need for more talks. Aso added that he expects a move towards global agreements, including taxes on digital companies, at the G20 summer meeting, but that final agreements may be reached later in 2021.
The tax-cutting race
Secretary Yellen is making an ambitious effort to end the “global race to the bottom” on corporate taxation. This competition has eroded revenues from governments that raised their record levels of debt amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Yellen’s approach marked a shift from the Trump administration’s style and stimulated talks between nearly 140 countries on the issue. “It is imperative for multilateral action to end the pressure of corporate tax competition and the erosion of the corporate tax base,” the Treasury Department said in a statement on Thursday. The ministry stressed that 15% is the minimum, and that discussions should continue to be ambitious and push this rate higher.
The US Treasury Department’s proposal to impose a global corporate tax minimum of at least 15% comes on Thursday before a scheduled meeting on June 4-5 of the “Group of Seven” finance ministers in London, which will serve as a forum for major industrialized countries to reach consensus.
The Biden administration also hopes to reach a broad agreement among the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on a global minimum corporate tax rate, before Democratic lawmakers in Congress push for an increase in taxes on US companies.
The White House has proposed raising the tax rate to 28% for domestic companies, from 21%, to help save $ 4 trillion in long-term economic programs for President Joe Biden.
Europe welcomes a US proposal to impose a minimum of 15% tax on companies worldwide
Mot: A Texas Highway Patrol Officer was conducting speeding enforcement on Hwy 77, just south of Kingsville, TX.
The officer was using a handheld radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the town of Kingsville and was suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour and climbing.
The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then... It suddenly went dead.
Immediately a deafening roar over the Mesquite treetops on Hwy 77 revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low-flying exercise near it's Naval Air home base location in Kingsville.
Back at the Texas Highway Patrol Headquarters in Corpus Christi, the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the US Naval Base Commander in Kingsville for shutting down his officer's equipment. The reply came back in true USMC style:
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"Thank you for your letter....
You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down.
Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment's location.
Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position on the side of Hwy 77, south of Kingsville.
The pilot suggests your officer covers his mouth when cursing since the video systems on these jets are extremely high-tech.
Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster."
Semper Fi
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Actech426: why did the pelican get kicked out of the restaurant? because he had a big bill
How many line cooks does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Three. One to do it, and two to say that they did it better at the previous restaurant they were at.
Did you hear about the restaurant on the moon? Great food, No atmosphere
What’s Peter Pan’s favorite restaurant? Wendys
What kind of cake do you get at a cafeteria? A stomach-cake
What was the musician’s favorite pastry? A drumroll.
Mary Poppins went to a restaurant and ordered cheese, eggs and cauliflower. When she left, she had written something in the complaint box: super cauliflower, eggs but cheese was quite atrocious. (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
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