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Outrage At Microsoft Offshoring Tax In the UK, Google Caught Avoiding US Taxes
Master Of Ninja writes "After the ongoing row about companies not paying a fair share of tax in the United Kingdom, and with companies such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google being in the headlines, focus has now turned to Microsoft. Whilst the tax arrangements are strictly legal, there has been outrage on how companies are avoiding paying their fair share of tax generated in the country."
And over here in the U.S., dstates sent in news of Google getting caught doing something similar: "Bloomberg reports that Google is using Bermuda shell companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes worldwide. By routing payments and recording profits in zero-tax havens, multinational companies have been avoiding double digit corporate taxes in the U.S. and Europe. Congressional hearings were held in July on the destructive consequences of off-shoring profits. Why aren't the U.S. and Europe exerting more diplomatic pressure on these tax havens that are effectively stealing from the U.S. and European treasuries by allowing profits that did not result from activities in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands to be recorded as occurring there?"
all other years being private schooled.
Attending a private school does not mean you're wealthy. There are plenty of private schools full of children from low and middle class families.
9% of the US presidents died for job related reasons - people shot them. The cost of security is not their fault. It's actually not mainly their fault that people kill them or try to.
What do you want them to do? Hole up in a bunker for the entire presidential term?
Fix the problem in America which leads to so many Americans shooting their president?