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0 pointsagent008t6y ago0 comments

Could the downvoters please explain the downvoting?

Are you arguing that there is no scenario under which Brexit could make Britain a more attractive place for business than the EU or Germany?

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JamesLefrere6y ago

I’m not OP, but I would argue that. There’s no realistic scenario in which leaving the single market makes Britain a more attractive place for (most) businesses.

agent008tOP6y ago

A combination of:

1. Extremely easy and friendly immigration policies for world’s top talent - better than in the US

2. Legal ability to easily hire and fire people

3. Legal ability to run a business out of your garage

4. Lower taxes - income, corporate, capital gains - than in the US

5. Free trade, even if unilateral, as the US is involved in tariffs and trade wars

All of this combined, given that the UK is English speaking, could lead to the UK overtaking Silicon Valley in terms of startups. Most of the world’s top talent would, all else being equal, prefer to live around Cambridge than in Palo Alto.

mellosouls6y ago

1. Plenty of home grown top talent. Nothing wrong with recruiting further afield, but it's often used to low ball wages and rights.

2. Workers rights.

3. I've no idea why you think people don't run businesses from their homes already.

4. Depends on the government of the time, and why do you think racing to the bottom on public funding is a good thing?

5. We already have free trade. Try getting in tariff battles with no strength outside the EU.

Tbh all those points seem dubious at best.

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mellosouls6y ago

I didn't downvote you (I posted the parent to your response) but your comment read to me as coming from a perspective skewed through Brexiteer-tinted glasses, which both Remainers and neutrals wanting objectivity might find frustrating.

I can believe there might be positive aspects for business, but pretty much all of them involve a deterioration in workers and other rights (human, animal) and standards. And generally speaking, while agility and flexibility are likely to follow from becoming newly small and skinny, I don't see how that helps when in the trading ring with very big, very strong heavyweights.

pinkfoot6y ago

Here is how you approach this: in which scenarios would Canada become a more attractive place for business if it left the USMCA (ex NAFTA) RELATIVE to the USA or Mexico.

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JamesLefrere6y ago

I’m not OP, but I would argue that. There’s no realistic scenario in which leaving the single market makes Britain a more attractive place for (most) businesses.

agent008tOP6y ago

A combination of:

1. Extremely easy and friendly immigration policies for world’s top talent - better than in the US

2. Legal ability to easily hire and fire people

3. Legal ability to run a business out of your garage

4. Lower taxes - income, corporate, capital gains - than in the US

5. Free trade, even if unilateral, as the US is involved in tariffs and trade wars

mellosouls6y ago

1. Plenty of home grown top talent. Nothing wrong with recruiting further afield, but it's often used to low ball wages and rights.

2. Workers rights.

3. I've no idea why you think people don't run businesses from their homes already.

4. Depends on the government of the time, and why do you think racing to the bottom on public funding is a good thing?

5. We already have free trade. Try getting in tariff battles with no strength outside the EU.

Tbh all those points seem dubious at best.

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mellosouls6y ago

pinkfoot6y ago

Here is how you approach this: in which scenarios would Canada become a more attractive place for business if it left the USMCA (ex NAFTA) RELATIVE to the USA or Mexico.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse