It’s criminal, but the tax system is designed to let them get away with it. Tax needs to be radically overhauled. If any US company complains that they can’t afford to pay their taxes and make a profit at the same time, fine. Let them leave, then indigenous corporations can take their place, with state support to get them going if necessary.
Edit: For our US readers, describing something as ‘criminal’ is a fairly common British turn of phrase to describe something grave, not a literal implication of criminality. I’m sure the players involved are literally playing by the rules. Those rules just happen to be broken.
Edit: For our US readers, describing something as ‘criminal’ is a fairly common British turn of phrase to describe something grave, not a literal implication of criminality. I’m sure the players involved are literally playing by the rules. Those rules just happen to be broken.