I always liked this Clickhole piece on military/environmental issues:
5 Ways ISIS Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
"As ISIS continues to expand its operations in the Middle East, it is more urgent than ever for this group to enact sustainable policies that will have the least impact on our environment. Here are some expert tips to help the Islamic State go green!
Requiring cars to stop at a military checkpoint leads to fuel inefficiency and idling engines, especially if an ISIS agent has to search the vehicle. Limiting checkpoints to one every 20 miles provides similar security with significantly lower emissions!"
My impression is that in the U.S., a lot of people's knowledge about Bayer stops with Bayer Aspirin. For which they used to run sets of very comforting advertisements. I recall particularly some of the older TV advertisements. You're sick? OMG, your child's sick? Bayer, or Bayer "Baby" Aspirin, is going to make it better.
I'm a bit older, and maybe things have changed, since. But the Bayer public image in the U.S. used to be pretty benign.
I'm not sure they can fool anyone, though, trying to "hide" Monsanto under it.
Oh the irony. The company that literally brought heroin to market, gets a bad name from buying a company known for heavy-handed corporate litigation practices.
To be clear I'm not trying to blame Bayer for the opioid epidemic. I just think there's a joke in there
In order to make this workable, the government would assume that certain industries make certain profit margins
e.g. 8% assumed profit for the sale of goods to 32% assumed profit for the sale of services. [0][1]
According to the FT:
"the new tax would be a “deemed profits” tax rather than a corporation tax, so as to sidestep issues about double tax treaties.
[...] the Treasury would identify profits that escaped tax in the UK because of royalty arrangements or the absence of a taxable presence.
[...] It seems to be something completely novel . . . It is a huge stick that will stop this artificial avoidance. The difficulty will be how it is defined in practice.” [2]
[0] Similar way to the way the UK flat rate VAT scheme works
5 Ways ISIS Can Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
"As ISIS continues to expand its operations in the Middle East, it is more urgent than ever for this group to enact sustainable policies that will have the least impact on our environment. Here are some expert tips to help the Islamic State go green!
Requiring cars to stop at a military checkpoint leads to fuel inefficiency and idling engines, especially if an ISIS agent has to search the vehicle. Limiting checkpoints to one every 20 miles provides similar security with significantly lower emissions!"
https://news.clickhole.com/5-ways-isis-can-reduce-its-carbon...