Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice (2015)

Re:Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice (2015) by valuearb on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @12:10AM (#15069627)

One tax holiday every 40 years doesn't overcome the disadvantage of super high corporate tax rates every year. Apple shareholders would have already reinvested most of that money in the US, instead its increasing Irelands productivity,

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Re:Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice (2015) by Retric on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:58AM (#15073024)

That's a common misconception. The money can go to the US, it simply can't go to shareholders. Apple could for example have a subsidiary buy a lot of US treasury bonds.

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Re:Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice (2015) by valuearb on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @10:46PM (#15087236)

And that subsidiary would also be more likely to put the equity investment portion of that money in US vs. International businesses if the income tax rates were lower.

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