You can pay more tax strictly required. But by doing so, you allow competitors with more creative accountants to get a leg up. Markets select for efficient comp

You can pay more tax strictly required. But by doing so, you allow competitors with more creative accountants to get a leg up. Markets select for efficient companies, and companies that make large chartible contributions to the government will be undercut and replaced by less ethical companies. Governments can and should make fair tax laws. They failed to do so, and now it’s Apple’s fault? Why would we want to move the responsibility of setting tax rates out of the hands of government and into the hands of corporations?