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Do other countries' companies pay something closer to the official tax rate? It's also a good idea to keep in mind that Europe can be a little more corporatist
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
Do other countries' companies pay something closer to the official tax rate?
It's also a good idea to keep in mind that Europe can be a little more corporatist than the US. e.g. a German auto company might pay extra taxes in order to give their future engineers subsidized education, or to ensure that unemployment benefits are high enough that when they fire people, they can hire them back a year or two later. American companies often have much more diffused benefits.
- eli 17y agoIt's all over the map. Media Matters has a chart based on World Bank data: http://mediamatters.org/research/200902030003 http://mediamatters.org/research/200902030003