rob, most of the so-called Libertarians that run for office are fake, like Ron Paul. He would have kept us out of Iraq, good thing, but he’s also virulently anti-abortion. No true libertarian would interfere in a choice made by a woman and her doctor, nor would they interfere with two gay people who want to sign a contract. But most people who claim to be Libertarians really mean lower taxes, fewer gun laws, and the rest of the nutty religious right-wing stuff still is attached.
Halliburton’s CEO, Dave Lesar, moved his office to Dubai a couple of years ago. The company’s headquarters remain in Houston and its incorporation in Delaware. Halliburton has a higher % of its business in North America than most companies of its size in the oil service business.
Some other companies in the industry that were headquartered in the US but had much less of their business there did move their HQ’s abroad as they were paying high levels of US tax when they repatriated foreign earnings. The total ‘cost’ of these companies moving offshore is very small in the scheme of things – probably in the hundreds of $mm p.a. total vs deficit of $450Bn moving up to $1.5 trillion.
“The government itself cannot create wealth” —it has for Paladino.
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dibs, you left RBCN off the list! Down another 7% today!
I guess it’s time for some layoffs over there.
ooops libertarian.
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Thank you, Montrose! Once again, you are the Voice of Reason.
oh just give her a real crown already
*rob*
dibs,
bxgrl won’t answer the question.
not until she hears the answer from MesSNBC.
….sorry CGar.
rob, most of the so-called Libertarians that run for office are fake, like Ron Paul. He would have kept us out of Iraq, good thing, but he’s also virulently anti-abortion. No true libertarian would interfere in a choice made by a woman and her doctor, nor would they interfere with two gay people who want to sign a contract. But most people who claim to be Libertarians really mean lower taxes, fewer gun laws, and the rest of the nutty religious right-wing stuff still is attached.
sorry, bxgrl. Hadn’t seen your comment when I posted teh longer explanation. Didn’t mean to beat a dead horse.
Halliburton’s CEO, Dave Lesar, moved his office to Dubai a couple of years ago. The company’s headquarters remain in Houston and its incorporation in Delaware. Halliburton has a higher % of its business in North America than most companies of its size in the oil service business.
Some other companies in the industry that were headquartered in the US but had much less of their business there did move their HQ’s abroad as they were paying high levels of US tax when they repatriated foreign earnings. The total ‘cost’ of these companies moving offshore is very small in the scheme of things – probably in the hundreds of $mm p.a. total vs deficit of $450Bn moving up to $1.5 trillion.
dibs- what slopey said.