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Yes I interpreted that as US reinvestment. I do know that that most

corps spent the money in stock buy backs and in increased r&d. So why bring the profits back only to pay taxes that didn’t need to be paid unless repatriated.

(In response to this post by BocaHoo91)

Posted: 01/23/2020 at 10:26PM

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