Google dollars

I’ve avoided getting political for a while now. There seems to be not much point in it. If anybody thinks the Republicans are about jobs and reducing the deficit, they haven’t been paying attention. But what has me riled right now is this:

Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes
Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda.

Google may not be exactly “doing evil” here, but c’mon, the company didn’t come into existence in a vacuum. The Internet was created with tax money. Doesn’t Google think it owes something to the American government?

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