Comments by "Iazzaboyce" (@Iazzaboyce) on "Business Secretary can’t explain difference between No Deal Brexit u0026 Australia deal | LBC" video.

  1. As a condition of being a member of the EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia where they operate under WTO trading arrangements businesses pay for imports and exports the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  2. That's right! "Australia has no deal with Europe" If any Australian citizen wants to export any type of goods into the EU they just have to put 'WTO' on the shipping container and it goes straight through, because there's no deal - no conditions - no documents - nothing.
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  3.  @NunoRaposo1978  I have not said that - you have said that in an absurd attempt to argue with your own lie to somehow make me wrong.
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  4.  @Arsenic71  "The Australian system is entirely down to them because they are not EU members and trade almost exclusively on WTO terms, so they can do whatever they want.".... Isn't that what I said?
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  5.  @berniem.6965  You should go to Australia and see for yourself - I have been there many times - everything is way cheaper than in the UK.
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  6.  @berniebranfield8124  WTO terms are attractive to consumers in the UK - the UK government has said it does not want to apply high tariffs on imports - the thing is the single market is not 'free' to the UK, because the UK consumer is paying high levels of sales tax (20%) compared to WTO economies like Aus (10%) and USA (6.25%). The UK is paying the EU large sums of taxpayer's money for so-called 'free' trade and must raise this somehow. If the UK decides on WTO it will have scope for lower sales tax on basic goods and less well-off people will see the benefits of not being in the EU. It's OK for countries like Southern Ireland that have taken £50billion more than they have put in between 4.5million people, but the UK poor have been paying for this. Also, UK employers will be forced to employ UK citizens instead of choosing the best from the EU unskilled workforce. It's time for the UK working class to have some of the UK cake!
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  7.  @berniebranfield8124  It's a tad more complicated - there's plenty of WTO info online..
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  8.  @skwame  Please go on - show us where the GFA prohibits border checks on trade goods between UK and ROI.
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  9. As a condition of being a member of the EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia where they operate under WTO trading arrangements businesses pay for imports and exports the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  10. As a condition of being a member of the EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia where they operate under WTO trading arrangements businesses pay for imports and exports the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  11. As a condition of being a member of the EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia where they operate under WTO trading arrangements businesses pay for imports and exports the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  12.  @Arsenic71  Yes, everyone already knows the UK government set the UK higher rate of VAT at 20% - what's your point supposed to be?
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  13. As a condition of being a member of the EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia where they operate under WTO trading arrangements businesses pay for imports and exports the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  14.  @shugd3  Really? So, how did UK 'help write' the EEC VAT laws prior to the UK being a member of the EEC? Anyway, that's not my point - my point is before joining the EEC UK sales tax was levied on luxury goods, so the poor were not affected. The EEC VAT introduced as a condition of the UK joining the EEC was levied on basic goods that the poor needed and were forced to pay tax on. How can you justify the poor having to pay 20% (min 15%) tax on basic goods and claim this is a feature of a 'free trade' domain? As I have pointed out Australia is 10% and USA is average 6.25%. You might not think about it, but many people would prefer not to have to pay £1 extra on a £5 item, because they need to feed their children.
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  15.  @shugd3  As I have explained the UK government needs to charge 20% VAT to meet its spending commitments which includes have to pay the EU £billions each year for 'free' trade paid for by the UK poor. And as you know - we were talking about the introduction of UK VAT within the context of the UK joining the EEC in 1973/4 - so the UK could not have 'helped write' the EEC VAT legislation.
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  16. WTO terms is a 'trade deal' - just not a so called 'free trade deal'. As a condition of being a member of the EEC/EU the UK government had to force all UK citizens to pay VAT on almost all consumer goods. This tax is currently 20% that the UK government needs to charge to pay the EU the huge amounts it demands for so-called 'EU free-trade'. Prior to this UK citizens paid a Purchase Tax which was mainly levied on luxury goods. In Australia they operate under WTO trading arrangements and businesses pay for imports and exports and the Australian consumer pays Sales Tax at only 10% (half of what UK consumers are currently forced to pay for EU styled 'EU free-trade')... Why not give the little guy a break for once?
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  17. At the time Australia was part of the British Empire. Those convicts were typically young people who were deemed held back by their circumstances and were sent to begin a new life. In the end few regretted their sentence.
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