[skeeter]

The thing tha amazes me is how robust the US economy is/was. With all of the crap the state has loaded on to its/our backs it/we can still compete.

[khelus]

Global corporate is quite proficient in eluding corporate taxes in the US. OTH small business is hit very hard.

http://news.sky.com/story/1006814/apple-paid-just-2-percent-tax-on-overseas-profits

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-13/exporting-profits-imports-u-s-tax-reductions-for-pfizer-lilly-oracle.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-13/american-companies-dodge-60-billion-in-taxes-even-tea-party-would-condemn.html

http://topics.bloomberg.com/the-great-corporate-tax-dodge/