[sosa2k]

Apple, and many other companies, are not going to "just pay" billions in taxes.

[pasquinelli]

No one's going to "just pay" any amount of taxes, they have to be forced. No matter what else you think about taxes, that's how they work. Paying taxes is always painful; not paying is made to be more painful, at least for some of us.

[eplanit]

"...at least for some of us"

it's made to be painful for most every single one of us who aren't mega-companies with an army of lawyers and accountants. This is one reason I go almost blind rolling my eyes when a CEO of such a company gets all preachy about right and wrong, and what's in the public's interest, etc.

[recursive]

And by a similar token, they're also not "just going to be able" to repatriate that money tax-free.

[guelo]

It would be foolish to pay the taxes when they can lobby the public and the government for years until they get their way.

[valuearb]

It's foolish to tax capital investment in the U.S. It's like punishing people for working.