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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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