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user-inactivated  ·  3310 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: U.S. companies stashing 2.1 trillion overseas to avoid taxes

This type of stuff always reminds me of a thing my buddy in law school said a few weeks back:

'"Jim receives an inheritance of $350,000, dividends of $18,000, and $800,000 from the sale of a rental property. What percentage of the total---" Let me stop you right there. Just pay your fucking taxes, Jim. Stop paying lawyers and accountants a fortune to figure out ways of weaseling out of it, pay what you're supposed to, and we can all go home.'