You paid more in taxes than America's largest corporation

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Originally Posted by smileyman

Good. Have them move. At least that way we can control their interest with appropriate tarriffs. Better than having them here buying elections with Supreme Court allowed P.A.C funds. Better than having our country controlled by corporate dollars instead of peoples votes...

The problem is none of that would change. About the only differences would be employing fewer Americans in order to avoid higher taxes. If GE were to move their corporate headquarters to Switzerland, Bermuda, or the Cayman Islands you think they would stop lobbying for every benefit they can possibly get from the "Green Economy" government slop trough? You seem to have the idea that these corporations should operate as sort of philanthropic organizations. That doesn't work particularly well.

What you want, higher corporate taxes, results in the corporation avoiding them as much as possible while raising prices to offset the taxes they can't avoid. The majority of taxes a corporation is going to pay in America will come straight out of the pocket of an American who buys their product. If you want to see a benefit from a corporation's operations either go work for them or invest your money with them.