The whole subject really gets to me for two reasons. One, I can't imagine it'd be that hard to make laws to prevent tax dodging. Are you a company with an American presence? Bam! Show all your paperwork for all your business in all countries and then we'll figure out your tax rate from there. Or something, I dunno. I'm not a lawyer but sometimes I wish I wrote laws. The big thing though? I was raised in thinking that paying taxes is something you do out of civic duty, out of love for your country and neighbors. So tax dodging? That's a pretty big "fuck you." I think if other people saw it that way, they'd feel the same. But no, I get lame arguments like "If America didn't allow these loopholes to exist, these businesses would take their business elsewhere and we'd miss out" and I don't even know how to begin to argue against that.