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"A further twist exists as part of our worldwide tax code. Corporate profits are not actually taxed until they are repatriated to the U.S. This incentivizes U.S. companies to keep cash from offshore operations in the place it was generated – offshore."
" This is known as Lock-Out – because our unfavorable tax system “locks out” repatriation of foreign earnings. Estimates vary but there appears to be at least $2.5 Trillion in cash profits residing overseas."
"This is a staggering level of capital that could be going toward economic investment, production and growth domestically instead of boosting the capital availability and growth of other nations."
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