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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Yes but we can't do anything about it because rich people create jobs
Posted by Jill | 11:14 AM
Where is the teabagger outrage about this:
Transocean, Ltd, the company that operates the Deepwater Horizon oil rig which recently exploded in the Gulf, is the “world’s biggest offshore drilling contractor.” The AP reports today that Transocean, after moving its headquarters from the U.S. to Zug, Switzerland, two years ago, paid a paltry 16 percent on its corporate income last year, less than half of the current American corporate income tax rate of 35 percent:


In the foothills of the Swiss Alps four new steel-gray towers rise from what used to be a grassy field. One of them is home to Transocean Ltd., the world’s biggest offshore drilling contractor and owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to one of the worst oil spills in history.

Low taxes prompted the decision two years ago to move to landlocked Switzerland: The company paid 16 percent tax on its $4.4 billion global operating income last year. The regular corporate income tax in the United States stands at about 35 percent.

The company, once based in Delaware, shifted its head office from the Cayman Islands, where it has been since 1999, to the central Swiss canton (state) of Zug. It joined other international corporations flocking there in search of tax advantages.



I wonder how the teabaggers enjoy being held hostage by scumbags like this.

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Blogger Nan said...
They love it. They're happy to carry the luggage. They all think that some day they're going to be the hostage takers and not the hostages themselves. The favorite teabag fantasy is that they're all nascent billionaires.
5/16/10, 12:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Given that most American companies pay little to no income tax anyway, what difference does it make?
5/16/10, 2:56 PM  
Blogger merlallen said...
They're not black, are they?
5/17/10, 2:49 PM  
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