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Originally Posted by valo403
Explain the difference to me. All I can see different there is the result, job creation/retention. The second part is not different from the first. Both are utilizing the current rules and laws to their maximum benefit. What's wrong with employing a huge tax department? What's wrong with lobbying for tax breaks? What's wrong with creating legal entities that act as tax shelters?
If all of these things are done within the law and applicable accounting rules where is a corporation doing anything wrong? It's GE's fault that they have good accountants and tax planning so as to lessen their tax burden?
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There is nothing wrong with it. But there is something wrong with a government that can be manipulated to easy by these big companies, while at the same time ignoring the plight of the smaller company.