Comments on: Microsoft: Obama's tax plan may hurt U.S. jobs

CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that the president's proposal could prompt companies to shift jobs outside the United States

[agreddon]

More FUD from corporations such as Microsoft. Look, if you're an individual, would you like to move to Europe and incur a higher tax rate on individual taxes just so a corporation can gain a little decrease in corporate taxes? Not to mention an uncertain foreign climate. Personally I think the American public should call these companies bluffs. If they want to leave, there's the door: I'll personally boycott their products and I would call on the US government to do the same to any corporation that tries this. But I doubt that they will. Moving from one state to another is NOT the same as moving from one country to another.

[schmand1231]

Re: "Ballmer said Wednesday that if Congress enacts President Obama's plans to impose higher corporate taxes, a sensible thing for Microsoft to do would be to move jobs offshore...."

He's doing it now no matter what. The new code word is "flexibility".

But then again, isn't this guy the troll that has not produced any usable products since taking the helm?

[tenec]

I say let Ballmer move his operations overseas. And then block all sales of Windows in the U.S. Time to move on without Windows.

Tax cuts do not create jobs or increase revenue. It's all propaganda and many fall for it. All you have to do is look at the Reagan and Bush records. Our economy is in a shambles thanks to them. At least Clinton took the national debt down a trillion dollars. That was progress.

[Migraine]

Now I am sure of it MICROSOFT! is a COMMUNIST COMPANY!

is what they are doing not blackmail! ???

I think they need fined a few more billion bucks buy the US Government to remind them they don't own the USA.

[fgwgner]

What is one of Microsoft biggest customers The U.s Government. If you are a stock holder would you like the prospect of loosing one of your big customers. I'm sure that if MS moves off shore the government would seek business else ware because of the political and security implications of buying software from a foreign company .

[DemonDuck000]

Wait a minute! This article was about Microsoft's threat to move jobs overseas right?

Microsoft says it employs about 95,000 people worldwide, and about 56,500 in the United States.

Two thirds of MS's jobs are overseas already. And they had the Reagan,Bush,Bush taxcuts already.

So arguments that taxcuts wil keep jobs here in the U.S. are just more FoxNEWS propaganda.