As part of your response you posted a New York Time article that explained why many do not pay the etire tax.
“Some U.S. multinational corporations like to complain about the U.S. 35 percent statutory tax rate, but what they don’t like to admit is that hardly any of them pay anything close to it,” Mr. Levin said in a statement. “The big gap between the U.S. statutory tax rate and what large, profitable U.S. corporations actually pay is due in large part to the unjustified loopholes and gimmicks that riddle our tax code.”
So rather than do all the cheating etc. many have decided to go to other more rationally taxed countries. And how about this Burger King deal? And I don't believe Canada fits any of your claims at all. And without following all the companies that have moved and to where, I doubt lots of your claims to be valid.
http://fortune.com/2014/08/28/is-burger-kings-move-to-canada-a-raw-deal-for-u-s-taxpayers/
Is Burger King’s move to Canada a raw deal for U.S. taxpayers?
But they aren't cheating Debby.... Those loopholes are perfectly legal. They are moving in order to pay NO US taxes.. As for the Canada Burger King deal? Yes.. it's called tax inversion.. They are essentially a Canadian company now.. so they will not pay US tax..[/QUOTE]
Very true, but why doesn't the government agree to rewrite the taxes as Congress had been asking for several years now, even back into Bush's years. Means we have some very dense folks willing to play with the taxes on personal desires but won't allow for a new set of rules to lock them all into a standard way and not allow simple maneuvering to avoid taxing a friend while taxing the life out of others with this selective taxing system. And not all companies have left yet, just watch if the government does not straighten out its taxes soon.