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Dec. 17., 2008 | 11:43 am
agri 8.30 tāda sīka inteliģences revoLūcija pie Saeimas - Lūcija: jo arī histēriskais uguns un dedzināšanas motīvs figurēs, bet es vienalga iešu - citējot Cedriņu
the massive VAT increase on books means quite literally taking an axe to the Latvian language. The realities of publishing in Latvia are simple. Maybe a million and a half potential readers (the rest of the Latvian population doesn't read in Latvian). An average printing of only 1200. I could add a lot of detail to this, for instance on how readership shrank because the people who read books were pauperized -- but the point is that the margins in the book biz are tiny and few are in it for the money.
The VAT increase, from 5% to 21%, would bring in maybe half a million lats. Only maybe -- because some publishers are certain to go under and book sales are certain to drop. Is it worth snuffing Latvian for half a million? You couldn't tax Maseratis and Hummers instead? (No, but we are doubling the tax on public transportation...)
un tas IR revolūcijas sākums, to vienmēr ir sākuši vai nu zemnieki - kuri mums vēl ir, bet ir pazemoti - vai strādnieki, kuru vairs nav, jo te nekas netiek ražots, vai Jaunā strāva, lūk, tad šis ir stihiskais pirms-jaunās Jaunstrāvas izvirdums, ļoti labi. Laiks sākt!
the massive VAT increase on books means quite literally taking an axe to the Latvian language. The realities of publishing in Latvia are simple. Maybe a million and a half potential readers (the rest of the Latvian population doesn't read in Latvian). An average printing of only 1200. I could add a lot of detail to this, for instance on how readership shrank because the people who read books were pauperized -- but the point is that the margins in the book biz are tiny and few are in it for the money.
The VAT increase, from 5% to 21%, would bring in maybe half a million lats. Only maybe -- because some publishers are certain to go under and book sales are certain to drop. Is it worth snuffing Latvian for half a million? You couldn't tax Maseratis and Hummers instead? (No, but we are doubling the tax on public transportation...)
un tas IR revolūcijas sākums, to vienmēr ir sākuši vai nu zemnieki - kuri mums vēl ir, bet ir pazemoti - vai strādnieki, kuru vairs nav, jo te nekas netiek ražots, vai Jaunā strāva, lūk, tad šis ir stihiskais pirms-jaunās Jaunstrāvas izvirdums, ļoti labi. Laiks sākt!
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