You’re a serf bound to the land, doncha know?
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been a member of Congress for almost 28 years, and yet has never heard of the term “voting with your feet.” She sent a tweet out late Friday afternoon that “American families can’t just change their address to avoid paying taxes.” Huh?
The tweet was prompted by her anger directed at U.S. corporations that change their base of operations in order to keep their tax obligations down–a practice becoming more popular given that the United States has the world’s highest marginal corporate tax rate.
The most recent example is Burger King’s proposed merger with Canadian coffee and donut chain Tim Hortons, which has outraged Congressional Democrats, according to The Hill. Hence her tweet:
An American family can’t just change their address to avoid paying taxes. @HouseGOP, why can corporations? Let’s put the #MiddleClassFirst!
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