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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by stefan_ on Friday April 05, 2019 @11:24AM (#19583434)
You realize that these quotes relate directly to Ireland setting itself up as a tax haven for these big companies in order to siphon off tax money that would otherwise go to their EU neighbors?

That has nothing to do with the US tax system.

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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by appleiigs on Friday April 05, 2019 @11:47AM (#19583675)
You're looking at the tree, and he's looking at the forest. Hence his quote: 'Either we have a "the rules are the rules" approach or we have a principled approach.' The worlds tax systems are very related when you are dealing with the ultra-rich.
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Re:The IRS Tried to Take on the Ultrawealthy – It Didn’t Go ... by bluGill on Friday April 05, 2019 @11:58AM (#19583791)
They are specifically about Ireland, but they apply in a generic way to ALL tax systems.
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