Comments on: Microsoft Betrays American Workers and Rewards Irish Workers for Tax Haven http://techrights.org/2009/06/24/microsoft-rewards-tax-haven/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aeshna23 http://techrights.org/2009/06/24/microsoft-rewards-tax-haven/comment-page-1/#comment-67602 aeshna23 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:06:55 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13790#comment-67602 This type of issue just outrages me. Some people on the left wing of the Democratic Party actually think it is a good idea to provide health care to illegal immigrants if Obama gets his health care plan passed. And the United States is already tremendously in debt! I'm sure the same people are fine with this Microsoft subsidy. It's never occurred to these people that taxpayers have to pay for government handouts. This type of issue just outrages me. Some people on the left wing of the Democratic Party actually think it is a good idea to provide health care to illegal immigrants if Obama gets his health care plan passed. And the United States is already tremendously in debt! I’m sure the same people are fine with this Microsoft subsidy. It’s never occurred to these people that taxpayers have to pay for government handouts.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/06/24/microsoft-rewards-tax-haven/comment-page-1/#comment-67601 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:03:12 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=13790#comment-67601 Roy, this is simply nuts. Are you laboring under the incredible misapprehension that this situation is unique to Microsoft in any way at all? Apple, to give just one example, has extensive QA facilities in Ireland for the same reasons: Ireland offers substantial tax benefits to companies, particularly technology companies, who build facilities there. Moreover, global organizations shift hiring to other geographies all the time. Maybe you'd prefer that "American companies" like Apple, etc. hire no one in, say, the UK, but i'm not sure that your gainfully employed compatriots would agree... Roy, this is simply nuts. Are you laboring under the incredible misapprehension that this situation is unique to Microsoft in any way at all? Apple, to give just one example, has extensive QA facilities in Ireland for the same reasons: Ireland offers substantial tax benefits to companies, particularly technology companies, who build facilities there.

Moreover, global organizations shift hiring to other geographies all the time. Maybe you’d prefer that “American companies” like Apple, etc. hire no one in, say, the UK, but i’m not sure that your gainfully employed compatriots would agree…

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