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Old 08-24-2012, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbow View Post
That's old thinking, Dave. It ain't that simple any more. You forgot important elements of tax-dodging, credits, hiring lobbyists to bribe politicians, creative accounting ... It's a major element of big business these days. Nobody is even capable of making sense of corporate balance sheets anymore.
Right. The whole concept of spending $10 to save a buck then blaming the loss of $9 on someone else always was lost on me.
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