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by psychlops 954 days ago
Someone is benefitting or it wouldn't happen.
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It's a problem like the prisoner dilemma. It's beneficial to the country that "deflects" and gives a discount, but makes everyone worse off than if all countries held line on a higher tax rate.

(disclaimer: I mean it from a direct perspective of maximizing tax income. In this comment I'm not getting into the deeper economics/politics/philosophy of whether higher or lower taxes are better overall).

It obviously benefits Apple shareholders.