Post AnF0cSFUQoX6WdgtGa by Flick@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #AnF0cSFUQoX6WdgtGa by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:43:20.490727Z
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Do you use a sunbed?
(DIR) Post #AnF0m3B8UraZfREJaS by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:45:04.321486Z
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My mother (she of the “has to have chemo cream every few years”) used to have one in the spare room. I was made to use it before going on holiday, but absolutely loathed it and refused to stay under if for more than five minutes a time, so it never did much more than turn me white.
(DIR) Post #AnF1BPBVodwd9pUoQC by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:47:49.693059Z
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@Flick I seem to recall they were used as treatment for psoriasis, don't know if that still the case. Orange skin paint more popular in these parts, ye could always tell a recent coat by their orange palms.
(DIR) Post #AnF1Bz0mc0kkGykkhE by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:47:32.435622Z
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@Flick Bloody hell!
(DIR) Post #AnF1HDQsQI8mRjSALo by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:50:42.543691Z
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TIL.
(DIR) Post #AnF23WTwttAtQYvPRw by epic@gleasonator.com
2024-10-21T19:54:58.561305Z
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@Flick VAT is evil.Harris will institute it if elected but calls it something else, like "I can't believe it's not VAT" or something.
(DIR) Post #AnF25ymee8S9maqUi0 by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T19:59:53.208456Z
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@epic It’s basically that same as sales tax, in practice.
(DIR) Post #AnF6kfGyUZNuxagQpk by epic@gleasonator.com
2024-10-21T20:16:07.376724Z
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@Flick I looked into it many years (decades) ago, and goods were taxed at each stage of additional value. Instead of people only paying taxes on their profit, they pay the jiswa at every stage additional value is added. If a smelter buys ore and converts it into pure metals—those buying the pure metals to make products with pays no tax on the products, only their profit. Same as the metal goes to a foundry that combines the metals to produce different types of steel. Same when the steel goes to the manufacturer of k'nooter valves to make valves. Same when the motor manufacturer installs the k'nooter valves in a motor. Same when the car manufacturer buys the motor. Tax (sales) is paid only when the product (the car) is sold. With VAT, in addition to tax on profits, the smelter pays VAT on the ore, the foundry pays VAT on the pure metal, the k'nooter valve manufacturer pays VAT on the steel, the motor manufacturer pays VAT on the valves, the car manufacturer pays VAT on the motor, the car manufacturer pays VAT on the car, and then the consumer pays VAT along with sales tax on the product (car). VAT is evil.
(DIR) Post #AnF6kg5JTPePTiEdIO by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T20:52:03.218360Z
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@epic That’s not how VAT works. The double taxation is removed: the foundry pays VAT on the metal (to the smelter), but it receives VAT on the steel from the k’nooter manufacturer. The two are offset against each other. The k’nooter manufacturer in turn offsets the VAT it paid to the foundry against the VAT it receives from the motor manufacturer, and so on. The consumer does not pay sales tax as well as VAT. The VAT portion of the sales price/cost does not hit the taxable profit of the business, it goes straight to the balance sheet.
(DIR) Post #AnF6ozFq8tia5gDJGy by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-21T20:52:50.422523Z
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@epic https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/taxation/vat/how-does-vat-work_en
(DIR) Post #AnK7UBfzpnomHOtSj2 by CarlBLatro@gleasonator.com
2024-10-23T23:45:49.389011Z
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@Flick 800% of the voters voted?
(DIR) Post #AnK7UCpbXZ67rUOeLA by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-24T06:53:50.234865Z
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@CarlBLatro ?
(DIR) Post #AnUXOL3iGLn7yb4u92 by CarlBLatro@gleasonator.com
2024-10-28T22:33:38.047693Z
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@Flick 750% of those who answered your poll had never used a sunbed and 50% of them had only used one now and then but not now.What do your results show?
(DIR) Post #AnUXOMG9nZL7hTuMBE by Flick@spinster.xyz
2024-10-29T07:31:13.132010Z
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@CarlBLatro Oh, right: polls don’t federate well.