theodp writes "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is threatening to move Microsoft employees offshore if Congress enacts President Obama's plans to curb tax avoidance by U.S. corporations. 'It makes U.S. jobs more expensive,' complained billionaire Ballmer. 'We're better off taking lots of people and moving them out of the U.S. as opposed to keeping them inside the U.S.' According to 2006 reports, Microsoft transferred $16 billion in assets to secretive Dublin subsidiaries to shave billions off its U.S. tax bill. 'Corporate tax is part of the overall advantage of doing business in Ireland,' acknowledged Ballmer in 2005. 'It would be disingenuous to say otherwise.' Tax havens, tax havens, tax havens!"
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Ballmer threatens to move MS employees offshore... (Score:1)
How many chairs this time? (Score:2)
The question is how many chairs will Ballmer throw this time?
How many will land in local IRS office, and how many in Ireland?