Surprised There is No Outrage About the Latest Tax Inversion Merger: Pfizer to Ireland

[earthlyfather]

Irrelevant to my OP and to the topic of the discussion.

Originally Posted by Clark Park

Wonderful question!

I would love to know the answer.

[earthlyfather]

Bingo! That also happens to bring us around again to why the politicians from both sides of the aisle do not change the tax code. Or, better yet, can the sucker and start again.

Originally Posted by Costaexpress

the laws should make it easier for companeis to establish themselves, create jobs, and innovate.

[earthlyfather]

Words are nice, but they are only words until action is called for. This is a good example of the sweet song of populism on the campaign trail and something else in office. Which is at the core of the topic.

Originally Posted by LauraC

Trump talks about corporate inversions all the time.

Politicians slam tax-avoiding Pfizer-Allergan deal | Reuters

This goes back to August:

Trump on Corporate Inversion: These People Have No Loyalty to this Country | Video | RealClearPolitics

This goes back to September:

Donald Trump Delivers Center-Right Populist Tax Plan - Breitbart

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-tax-plan-377514

Seems to be something Clinton and Trump agree on.

[earthlyfather]

Marc Rich was a crook, he broke the law, so yes he dodged. Following the law, as Pfizer is doing is not criminal. So, why do we focus on Pfizer and not the politicians?

Originally Posted by Mathguy

The "Double Irish" has been around for years and years.

So have a ton of other tax dodges.

The very rich Euros use everything from dual citizenships to hidden assets.

Last big tax dodger wanted by the FBI for illegal sanction violations as well.....got pardoned by Clinton on his last day in office after the guys still chummy ex funnelled millions to dem coffers. Then about 4 years ago she gave up her US citizenship to save 50mil give or take in taxes.

Ugh.