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"How Google's Refusal To Pay US Taxes Means US Taxpayers Fund Its Innovation, Resulting In A Benefit

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"How Google's Refusal To Pay US Taxes Means US Taxpayers Fund Its Innovation, Resulting In A Benefit Of $100/Share

Source Zero Hedge

   "We first discussed the topic of cash repatriation (or lack thereof) about a month ago. Since then, more and more seem to be waking up that of the over $1 trillion in cash on the corporate "balance sheet" not only is most of it unusable domestically (without being taxed at the marginal tax rate upon repatriation), but that companies are effectively boosting earnings by not paying taxes (money which should be going to the US coffers to pay for the same corporate friendly policies enacted by the government, that is currently being funded almost exclusively by individual taxpayers, and the Fed of course). And massively so. An expose in Bloomberg details how courtesy of various, perfectly legal, tax avoidance schemes, Google's effective tax rate is 2.4%, which has resulted in $60 billion in less taxes paid to the US, and which has boosted the company's stock price by a whopping $100/share! .........."

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-googles-refusal-pay-us-taxes-means-us-taxpayers-fund-its-innovation-resulting-benefit-10?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

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'Backdoor Amnesty' Possibly Being Evidenced in Houston

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'Backdoor Amnesty' Possibly Being Evidenced in Houston

Monday, October 18, 2010, 5:20 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA

"While the Department of Homeland Security and the Obama Administration have been promoting the increased number of deportations of criminal illegal aliens, a new report by the Houston Chronicle shows that they may be quietly executing a 'backdoor amnesty.' The report from the Houston Chronicle says the number of deportation cases that have been dismissed by federal judges in Houston has increased by 700% over recent months. ......."

Entry #2,372