[LINK] sigh

[Richard Chirgwin]

Heh. That argument cuts both ways, Scott: "geo price discrimination is a 
form of taxation".

RC

On 12/02/13 5:12 AM, Scott Howard wrote:
> Given that the government is asking these questions of corporates, I wonder
> if the corporates should start asking the government why they charge higher
> tax rates in Australia than in some other countries?
>
> After all, it's basically the same questions, isn't it?
>
>    Scott
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Rick Welykochy <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:
>
>> stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>>
>>> "Microsoft, Apple, Adobe summoned by Australia pricing inquiry"
>>>
>>> Lower house committee summoned the three firms to explain why Australian
>>> customers paid more for same products
>> And in Canada, nothing is being done about similar pricing discrepancies.
>>
>> 'Country pricing' a cause of Canada-U.S. price gaps ...
>>
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/02/07/marketplace-country-pricing.html
>>
>> The practice called 'country pricing' affects products across the board,
>> not just IT products, i.e.
>>
>> "Edmonton resident Christine Maligec was shocked to find the playpen she
>>    bought from Toys "R" Us cost $129.99 in the U.S., but jumped to $249.99
>>    in Canada."
>>
>>
>> cheers
>> rickw
>>
>>
>>
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