Rand Paul Would Reward Tax Evasion

Rand Paul applauds Caterpillar's creative accounting in order to hide profits offshore. How entirely predictable.
Rand Paul Would Reward Tax Evasion
Credit: Gage Skidmore
By Karoli Kuns — April 5, 2014

Via Breitbart Unmasked:

Since 2000, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has moved profits to a wholly-owned Swiss affiliate in order to evade paying $2.4 billion in US taxes. During a hearing of the Senate investigations committee on Tuesday, one person in the room thought the company should be congratulated for that creative accounting.

Caterpillar got support from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who questioned why the subcommittee was even holding the hearing.

“I think rather than having an inquisition, we should probably bring Caterpillar here and give them an award,” Paul said. “You know, they’ve been in busi...

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