State Income Tax Dodging by America's Largest Companies (for 12/7/11)

American companies have devised numerous tax avoidance schemes to avoid paying state income taxes, according to Citizens for Tax Justice. They have used the expertise of lawyers to do this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/68-companies-state-income-tax_n_1133661.html?ref=goldman-sachs

U.S. Multinationals Add Employees Abroad While Cutting Here

American multinational corporations hired 2.87 million foreigners, but dropped almost 864,000 Americans from their payrolls during the 2000s. As the biggest beneficiary of U.S. outsourcing, China gained 691,100 jobs from 1999 to 2009.

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