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For all of us sick to death of Microsoft dominating tech with their offshore outsourcing, labor arbitraging, monopolistic ways, we have some good news. Microsoft is being investigated for bribery:
Look how the "elite" banksters act when it comes to sharing sacrifice in any way. John Paulson, hedge fund manager, might be moving to Puerto Rico from NYC to avoid taxes. Apparently taxes from other people are good enough to provide military and law enforcement to protect people like Paulson, good enough to provide highways, and schools, and hospitals for Paulson. Good enough to provide electricity so that he can lose money on bad trades via his computers, but still not deserving of Paulson's money.
Bloomberg delved deep and determined U.S. taxpayers are subsidizing the big banks to the tune of $83 billion a year.
What if we told you that, by our calculations, the largest U.S. banks aren’t really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers?
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