[piasa]

Along with a ton of other companies...that is called "smart business".

No, it's called corporate welfare, and a lack of good citizenship. And it's no better than if I went down to some government office and signed up to receive food stamps. It doesn't matter that 47 percent of the people in this country do it, it's still robbery using the coercive force of government to appropriate the property of those who earned it.

[PreciousLiberty]

So what percentage of American companies do you suppose take advantage of some kind of deduction, tax break or other government incentive, exactly?

Virtually every one of them will do everything it legally can to maximize profits. That's called "capitalism".