You paid more in taxes than America's largest corporation

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Originally Posted by smileyman

There's a yin to that yang. Them paying an appropriate portion of their taxes eases the burden on tax payers to invest money with them and buy their products.

I know they are avoiding taxes for the good of the share holders and profit, but if everyone does that where does it leave our country? With only W4 wage earners to pay for everything who do they hope will buy their products? Is having them employ some of those W4 folks worth them not paying taxes? Or getting the huge tax credits from the government?

There has to be a balance and a circulation. I'm certain I do not want the government controlling private enterprise. I also dont want private enterprise controlling the government. Which is my main concern, not whether they got off light on taxes.

The "appropriate" portion of their taxes will come from one of two places, either making their products more expensive (burden on the consumer/less competitive in international marketplace/hurts sales) or cutting costs (a host of methods but no real help to the company long term).

Ultimately a company is going to do what is necessary to maintain profits. If the government decides to implement policies in a futile attempt to make sure they don't "get off light on taxes" you can pretty much bet it will come at the expense of those W-4 wage earners.