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beemrmax

And now I must really digress...

The British Virgin Islands, a Caribbean paradise... home to 400,000 major corporations (really?) All 400,000 companies are located in one gray two story building on the island of Tortola. It's a tax haven... where major US corporations claim they are based, even though they do no business here, a tax dodge so you don't have to pay the US govt a dime.

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I'm not taking sides on this one, however...
This is what happens when government overtaxes your profit.
I have never met a politician as smart as the dumbest businessman, except for one, RR who knew that if you lower taxes, people will keep more of what they make and the government will have more revenue because business is happy and thriving.
china has no EPA, to IRS, no unions, no huge book of regulations and no ACLU, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where to locate under those conditions.
If we want American jobs to come back, we need to flush out government.
I'm now locking the thread as it will become political and some will think I'm talking about dem vs. rep. I'm not I'm talking about conservatism vs. the socialism we now have.