Posted on 05/31/2007 6:06:33 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
oh, Spanish! Well that makes a great deal of difference since there are no competent American companies to build highways.
The only time public works projects (including defense) whould go to a foreign-tax-paying entity is when they have technology that US firms do not have to substantially benefit the contract.
“Is Halliburton a corporate fascist? Boeing?””
Neither Halliburton, nor Boeing are US corporations anymore (or will be for long).
Halliburton is moving corporate HQ to Qatar.
Boeing president Phil Condit has publicly stated he does not want Boeing to be an American corporation (implying he has no nationalistic allegience to the USA.)
“Boeing’s CEO Phil Condit two years ago expressed his hope that the world, 20 years hence, would no longer see Boeing as an American company but a global one.”
http://www.buchanan.org/pa-98-0630.html
“Nobody takes WND seriously....(well almost nobody)”
Nobody should take ad hominem attacks, like yours, seriously.
Freerepublic was founded for the purpose of debating facts in the media from any and all sources while avoiding emotional ad hominems which is the tactic of leftists.
Can you show evidence that WND is any less credible than the Wash Post or NYT, for instance?
HAL is remaining an American company, it’s only moving its HQ to Dubai.
It’s no wonder, though, that American companies move overseas — we tax them to death.
I certainly take WND more seriously than any of the MSM.
Usually they just move the paperwork to Cayman islands or some such. Halliburton is moving execs and families.
What kind of disengenous little pissants give up their country for tax reasons when they are already making millions personally?
You might ask WHY corporations are fleeing the USA. Too many blood suckers. Trial lawyers and politicians with an endless appetite for buying votes with other people’s money to stay in power.
A publicly owned corporation looks out for it’s stock holders. We’ve made America inhospitable to business by eying corporations as a bottomless pit of money to plunder.
I know why very well. The corps do have sufficiewntly powerful lobbying capacity if they needed to change laws.
They aren’t going to avoid taxes by moving their CEO. The reason for the move is that deep-water drilling will be the future of oil exploration, and it’s more profitable in that part of the world. No one is “giving up their country.” But many companies do leave the US, and it’s no one’s fault but our government’s for making us so business-unfriendly.
Does Mr Bohigian mean this Superhighway that isn't being planned by these people??
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