By Arkenor, 1 year and 2 months ago
Microsoft threatens to leave US if tax-loopholes are closed.
Steve Ballmer of Microsoft is threatening to pull out of the US, if the Obama administration moves to close tax loop-holes that are allowing multinationals to avoid paying tax.:
“It makes U.S. jobs more expensive. We’re better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.”
He might love his company (a little too much), but he doesn’t seem to like the country that allowed it to grow and thrive. Microsoft managed perfectly well under previous, much higher, tax regimes, but I guess they’ve gotten used to not having to put much back in to America. Or maybe ol’ Crazy Steve is just shooting his mouth off without thinking again.
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1 year and 2 months ago
How completely unsurprising. “We want to make money, but we do not want to give any of it to those who enabled us making money in the first place.”
I hate egoists.
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