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Old May 7th 07, 10:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default NY Times Story on Pilot Population Decline

That great humanitarian, Bono, had U-2 do the same thing -- leave its
country of domicile for tax purposes. Why just trash Halliburton? And why
not consider that there is competition between countries, and that taxation
is a part of the price?



"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Larry Dighera wrote:


I'm not fixated on Halliburton. I've just used Halliburton's fleeing
to an Arab country to escape paying US income taxes as an example of
how _unrestrained_ competition causes both buyers and sellers to
become victims.


The fact that a company large or small would leave the US to reduce the
amount of taxes they have to pay ought to show you that taxes are too high
in this country.