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Honestly I'd love to hate Big Corp for doing this. But this really is one of those "Don't Hate The Player - Hate the Game" kind of scenarios. I may run a tiny

Honestly I'd love to hate Big Corp for doing this. But this really is one of those "Don't Hate The Player - Hate the Game" kind of scenarios. I may run a tiny LLC but I damn well try to get my tax burden down as low as possible too. I can't really fault the Apple's and Chevron's of the World for doing the same. If we want substantive change in the tax system we should be shaming those in our Government who bend backwards to serve corporate interests.

beagle3 15y ago
> But this really is one of those "Don't Hate The Player - Hate the Game" kind of scenarios. You've got it wrong. There is no "game", there are only players. For YOU there are game rules. However, when you are as big as Microsoft or Google or Apple or Boeing, you spend millions (or tens of millions) to change the game rules in your favor. If you're Chris Dodd, a former senator who was chairing the financial oversight committee at the time everything crashed and burned (how's that for track record?), you later head the MPAA and you can threaten - on live TV - to stop bribing politicians. Where's the referee who is supposed to enforce the game rules? Ergo, there are only players. Not that hating them is going to help. But the blame rests squarely with the players, who get to redefine the game as they go.