[arturh]

Governments don't seem to be able to make Starbucks pay tax.

[_pmf_]

Merely paying taxes is obviously less publishable than holding back taxes and then sprinkling trace amounts on some good cause.

[ctdonath]

Completely ignoring everything else Starbucks does to the benefit of the country (employment, raised standards, contribution to GDP, etc), now including free education to some 150,000 employees.