by Dave Johnson | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog
Amidst all the news about Burger King – another company renouncing its US "citizenship" to avoid paying taxes for the roads, courts, police and the rest of the government services that made them prosperous – an idea that Campaign for America's Future has been...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Conservatism
Remember when all those veterans died waiting to get care? At the time there were hundreds of scare stories like these: WFMY (Greensboro, NC): "Report: 1,000 Veterans Die While Waiting For Care, VA Wastes Billions." The report was released by Senator Tom Coburn,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Conservatism, Tax Reform, Winning Issues for 2014
There is legislation before Congress to do something about corporations renouncing their US "citizenship." The odds are that Republicans will block it -- and not just because they have obstructed everything else. There is a wave of news about corporations using a...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Burger King is the latest company announcing plans to renounce its U.S. citizenship in order to dodge taxes. It plans to buy Tim Hortons and then pretend Tim Hortons bought them so they can claim to be Canadian. (Tim Hortons renounced its own U.S. citizenship in 2009...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 25, 2014 | Blog, Trade
The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled last week that South Korean companies are "dumping" steel pipes, tubes and fittings used by oil companies – known formally as oil country tubular goods (OCTG) – into the U.S. market. "Dumping" means selling for...
