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To all those saying that those companies can afford it themselves, remember that there are reasons they don't. The economics don't add up. Companies tend to do what is in their economic interest to do. Something like this can change the economics, which could be a good thing.
To all those saying that those companies can afford it themselves, remember that there are reasons they don't. The economics don't add up. Companies tend to do what is in their economic interest to do. Something like this can change the economics, which could be a good thing.
That's grossly optimistic numbers, given US labor costs, startup costs, etc, but it's also potentially a reasonable investment that would be sustained by domestic and international purchases (one would hope).
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protip: the funds are in on-shore banks under offshore business names. this isn't controversial, just something many don't understand as readily available and commonplace.
Protip: Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's ethical or good
I said onshore banks open accounts for many entity types that are not limited to just humans or just businesses from the 50 states.
The prior poster assumed a bank in another country was necessary, which can be very difficult to open and maintain for a US citizen owner of an offshore company.
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Everyone who works there should be already paying income taxes. Why the double taxation?
Do corporations pay tax on their payroll? I'm not understanding what's being doubly taxed here.
That said, I think that the parent is making a different point. I think the parent's point is that if the owners and employees of a company are paying taxes, then taxing the profit of a company taxes twice, once for the profit and then again for the income that comes from the dividend.
Dupe from earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27116601
I feel like in about 4 years time there's going to be a massive bust in chip prices from massive oversupply based on the plans for chip manufacture around the world?
> Intel Corp to create a new lobbying group to press for government chip manufacturing subsidies. Assholes. They don't need subsidies to produce chips competitively in America (since they already do) and Intel is one of the reasons the industry is so reliant on TSMC. I'd much rather see this money go to founding a domestic TSMC competitor than to Intel. Or even to TSMC to have them build plants in North America. Fabl…