EU railway law to halt 'stagnation, decline'
Updated: 2013-01-31 08:29:26
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Home News News Rule of Law Or Moral Blackmail News Rule of Law Or Moral Blackmail 29 01 2013 21:27 webmaster 43 Global Print PDF RSS Feeds While Korea is cleaning up its act and moving away from vague tax laws and moral blackmail , this Coalition is taking us in the opposite direction , writes UKIP MEP Roger Helmer . When I lived and worked in Korea , the country's auto industry was exporting around half a million cars a year , and importing around 500. The reason was not difficult to find . nbsp The Korean tax code was notoriously vaguely worded , and well-heeled Koreans knew only too well that if they bought an imported car , they would be subject to a rigorous tax investigation And given the ambiguity of the tax code , that meant an infringement and a serious fine . nbsp In other words 
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