Its time for the people of Europe to put on their big-boy pants and deal with Russia. Europe has a GDP of 28 trillion and Russia has a GDP of 2.0 trillion. Europeans are lame.
Some states do this in the USA. It's called a gross receipts tax.
Recent studies by Ufier (2014) and Adhikari (2015) link the abandonment of gross receipts taxes with increased production efficiency and growth in GDP per capita.
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/state/gross-receipts-taxes-theory-and-recent-evidence/
No, Thailand is not considered a "Third World" country; it is classified as an upper-middle income economy, meaning it has made significant progress in economic development and is not considered a developing country in the traditional sense
When asked if NATO allies could compensate for a potential U.S. withdrawal of military aid, Rutte sidestepped the question, stressing the importance of unity.
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The answer is no.
1) The US has had the world's largest economy since the 1800s.
2) The US paid to rebuild Europe after WW2
3) Europe is dumb and lazy and can't even defend themselves aginst Russia.