It also won't make Apple's bezels smaller or write their ad copy for them, because that's simply not among the objectives of any prospective law targeted at reigning in tax havens.
If we need to prop up the U.S. tech sector with special tax handouts because they can't compete, we can do that on a targeted basis when that day comes rather than continuing to perpetuate an open-ended tax giveaway enjoyed by major companies in every sector of the economy.
And in the meantime perhaps we can use the missing revenue to bring our infrastructure up to parity with the rest of the modern world.
If we need to prop up the U.S. tech sector with special tax handouts because they can't compete, we can do that on a targeted basis when that day comes rather than continuing to perpetuate an open-ended tax giveaway enjoyed by major companies in every sector of the economy.
And in the meantime perhaps we can use the missing revenue to bring our infrastructure up to parity with the rest of the modern world.