From: Chris Russo (extropy@russo.org)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 17:04:18 MST
At 23:13 +0100 1/24/01, Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de wrote:
>For instance, Microsoft is
>effectively tax-exempt (the poor blighters).
Eugene, give the holy war stuff a rest, huh? :)
I could be wrong, but it looks to me like Microsoft paid almost 5
*billion* dollars in income taxes last year on revenues of almost 23
billion:
<http://excite.elogic.com/sec_financials.asp?ticker=MSFT&Mod=1&S1=N
Further, I don't think that 5 *billion* dollars includes payroll
taxes or property taxes which I'm sure are far from insignificant.
Regards,
Chris Russo
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"If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought
or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet
hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance
which does harm."
-- Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, VI, 21
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