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To: groanup

I think people are worried about the dollar losing value, not S&P earnings from overseas.

If the dollar falls 50% in value and KO makes 100% more overseas profit due to this (because of currency translation), they haven’t really earned anything but the right to pay more taxes on that “extra” $US revenue.


148 posted on 11/21/2007 3:34:53 PM PST by dollarbull
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To: dollarbull
Our tax system is, IMHO, the single greatest factor in offshoring. The others are: threat of litigation, regulation, union wage scale.

KO, et al, have currency hedging traders of course. They are probably all profit centers.

159 posted on 11/21/2007 4:26:59 PM PST by groanup (Lawyers never create anything, especially wealth, but they sure steal a lot of it.)
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