[Superman]

Corporations are REQUIRED, legally REQUIRED, to ignore ethical considerations and maximize profits. If a company CAN legally and/or practically take an action that increases the expectation of profits.....then it must and it will take that action. This is the part that makes me wonder why we permit them (corporation) to participate in our political process. They don't get to vote, and they cannot consider ethics or morality.....so why do we let them control our government?

But here, we are (or were) discussing the implication of HAL's move to Dubai in the context of hypothetical near-future allegations and possible prosecutions for taxpayer fraud. In addition to insisting the companies be amoral.....in addition to allowing them to control our government......are we also supporting their ability to defraud taxpayers and skate away without reparation?

I really would like to hear some of our local conservatives respond to this last question. And just so you know, a response that simply points out that corporations can take any and all available legal opportunities....blah blah blah...... is a "yes" answer. Yes, it's okay for Halliburton to defraud our taxpayers. So if that's your answer, just say it. Don't be cowards.