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>It's unclear why that money would be owed to the US ethically

The company is headquartered there, the IP was developed there, the founders were educated there, the core technology that made their company possible was funded by US tax payers, the safe environment that makes business possible is secured by police and military funded by US tax payers, etc

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These are all true things, and this is why the company pays all its domestic taxes.

When the company then goes on to do business in another country as well, where another nation is providing security, safety, infrastructure, perhaps a public education system that creates a workforce the company wants to invest in... How much does the company owe its home country?

If you graduated university, how much do you owe your alma mater in annual donations beyond what you paid for the diploma program? ;)

I'm pretty sure it's developed in the US and then transferred via questionable account values to the ip holder.

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