Corporate expatriation protects American jobs

From: Human Events | Date: September 23, 2002| Author: Mitchell, Daniel J | Copyright information

Fixing Tax Code Far Better Than Demagoguing 'Inversions'

Corporate executives are being criticized for bad decisions, some of which have crossed the line into criminal behavior. This heightened attention has helped to create a political environment in which all corporate actions are suspect-including decisions by some companies to re-incorporate in low-tax jurisdictions (a step commonly known as inversion or expatriation). At the very least, critics accuse these firms of being unpatri...

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