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Re:Ask HN: Why is Silicon Valley almost broke? by retroafroman on Thursday April 11, 2013 @07:40PM (#5535607)
Large companies[1] and well to do citizens[2] often pay shockingly low tax rates.

[1] http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/2012/corporate-taxe... [2]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opinion/stop-coddling-the-...

Re:Ask HN: Why is Silicon Valley almost broke? by ScottWhigham on Friday April 12, 2013 @10:18AM (#5538593)
Downvoted for agenda-driven comments that focus only on generalization and speculation.